Vino vs Gino - What's the difference?
vino | gino |
The Italian or Spanish word for wine used in combination in various terms adopted from these languages (see Derived terms below )
(slang) Wine, or a place which serves it or other alcohol.
(US, Canada, slang, derogatory) A person of Mediterranean (especially Italian) descent, stereotypically regarded as shallow and materialistic.
* 1993 , Purdue Research Foundation, Romance Languages Annual
* 1994 , Marcel Danesi, Cool: The Signs and Meanings of Adolescence?
* 200 , "[+//Tania//-]", "They're not going there just to get high"'' (discussion on Internet newsgroup ''alt.rave )
As a noun vino
is wine.As an acronym gino is
(neologism|fandom slang) galactica in name only — a derogatory term used by partisan fans of the.vino
English
Noun
(-)- John came home drunk last night — he’d been at the vino again.
Derived terms
* vino blanco * vino corriente * vino cotto * vino crudo * vino de color * vino de pasto * vino dolce * vino dulce * vino fino * vino locale * vino maestro * vino nero * vino rosso * vino santo * vino secco * vino tierno * vino tintoSee also
* vin * vinho ----gino
English
(wikipedia gino)Noun
(en noun)- Ginos are essentially teenagers of Italian background who take on what they think are traits that characterize an Italian...
- Ginos and Ginas typically came from Italian households, wore stylish clothing, and listened to disco-type music.
- Not all ginos and ginas are the same, just becuz you've come across a couple you hate, doesn't mean you hate them all. ... Where I live it is probably 99% ginos and ginas and I get along with them just fine, in fact, my boyfriend is a gino.