May 28, 2017 20:13
7 yrs ago
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English term
stunatze
English
Other
Slang
They had him, too, dead to rights, on video taking money from a crack dealer in Brooklyn. They were going to take his shield, his gun, his pension, put him behind bars, and he couldn’t face it. Couldn’t face the shame his family would go through, his wife and kids seeing him in handcuffs, so he ate the gun.
Russo had a different interpretation. They were discussing it in the car one night, killing time on a surveillance, and Russo said, “You stunatzes got it all wrong. He did it to save his pension, for his family.”
There are a few occurences in Google but nothing that would explain the meaning.
Russo had a different interpretation. They were discussing it in the car one night, killing time on a surveillance, and Russo said, “You stunatzes got it all wrong. He did it to save his pension, for his family.”
There are a few occurences in Google but nothing that would explain the meaning.
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| 4 +9 | stunad/stunod, idiot |
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stunad/stunod, idiot
Idiot, moron, stupid, slow
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=209BwjiS-xg
https://books.google.com.co/books?id=4r9CdS8DqTEC&pg=PA312&l...
It's slang from the Italian "stonato," and most common among Italian-Americans and areas like NYC with a strong Italian-American influence. Brooklyn/NY, Russo... makes sense.
Stunatze just sounds like a plural form that he intuitively made up on the spot or that he'd heard (almost seems to me to have a touch of Yiddish influence), even if not grammatically correct.
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Note added at 22 mins (2017-05-28 20:35:13 GMT)
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*Meant to include: "a touch of Yiddish influence-- which is also prevalent in NY."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=209BwjiS-xg
https://books.google.com.co/books?id=4r9CdS8DqTEC&pg=PA312&l...
It's slang from the Italian "stonato," and most common among Italian-Americans and areas like NYC with a strong Italian-American influence. Brooklyn/NY, Russo... makes sense.
Stunatze just sounds like a plural form that he intuitively made up on the spot or that he'd heard (almost seems to me to have a touch of Yiddish influence), even if not grammatically correct.
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Note added at 22 mins (2017-05-28 20:35:13 GMT)
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*Meant to include: "a touch of Yiddish influence-- which is also prevalent in NY."
Note from asker:
| Yes, Russo is of Italian extract, and I've also googled up 'stunatza' for a female. Thank you! |
Peer comment(s):
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Charles Davis
: stonato in standard Ital. is stunato in Naples and stunatu in Sicily; hence the u. Stunod is Ital.-Am. noun, stunatz is variant, "stunatzes" is the plural. Schmucks, jerks. // Not that I remember. It might well be said in The Sopranos too.
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Thanks, Charles. Yes, schmuck seems to capture the idea well. Have you ever heard it in real life? I haven't. Wouldn't be surprised if I've heard it but missed it in Italian-American movies like The Godfather, Goodfellas, etc.
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writeaway
: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/stunod
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Arabic & More
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Yasutomo Kanazawa
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P.L.F. Persio
: I'm Italian and I confirm; well done!
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Herbmione Granger
: My mom says "stunod" all the time! She worked in Brooklyn.
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Yvonne Gallagher
: interesting, but not one I knew/heard before!
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Edith Kelly
: but I'd call it a shmok שמאָק. Crowds in Monsey would not really appreciate shmuk.
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acetran
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Discussion
A hard head; a stubborn person; a Calabrese.
"My cousins can't agree on anything, the stunatz."
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=stunatz
#stubborn#hard headed#resistant#close-minded#dull
by doodahman February 29, 2
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=stunatz
"Then he felt like a stunatz—a first class jerk."
https://books.google.es/books?id=zgrkAwAAQBAJ&printsec=front...