As a verb mook
is .
As a noun dago is
(uk|slang|offensive|ethnic slur) a person of italian, spanish, portuguese, or other mediterranean descent.
mook
Etymology 1
Unknown. Probably a variation of ""moke" ("donkey", "fool"). Possible from Cantonese 'mook jung'' ("dead wood" or "wooden dummy").
Noun
(
en noun)
A disagreeable or incompetent person.
Etymology 2
(usually used in plural)
Noun
(
en noun)
(slang, forensic accounting) A manipulated or rigged set of business accounting ledgers.
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dago
English
Noun
(en-noun)
(UK, slang, offensive, ethnic slur) A person of Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, or other Mediterranean descent.
(US, Australia, slang, offensive, ethnic slur) A person of Italian descent.
Usage notes
* The sense has become less pejorative in recent years, with people of Spanish or Portuguese origin themselves adopting the term.
* Usually a sailor or deckhand. "diego" is the Portuguese nickname for any deckhand and "jack" is the British equivalent.[Citation needed]
* The sense has become more pejorative in recent years, having been considered more acceptable at the start of the 20th century. In the Upper Midwest region of the United States, the term is still used for several Italian-inspired food items with no apparent pejorative connotation.
* The word is used in the term "dago dazzler" (see )
Synonyms
* (person of Italian descent) Eyetie
* (person of Italian descent) goombah
* (person of Italian descent) greaseball
* (person of Italian descent) guido
* (person of Italian descent) guinea
* (person of Italian descent) wog
* (person of Italian descent) wop
