[Albion Wilde]

"...a rude person with unassimilated manners..."

I thought that was a “gavone”. Have I been misinformed all these years?

I heard that word used disparagingly, also. This seems to be a nuance issue. The actual Italian word is cafone, and it translates literally to "boor." So I guess the googoots is crude because he or she is ignorant, but the gavone gets a thrill out of being a jerk.

[WayneS]

Thanks. I’m not all that knowledgeable about ethnic lingo, but I remember my uncle from New Jersey calling people gavone when I was a kid. I’d never heard “googoots” before.