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guappo
Guappo (plural: ''guappi'') is a word in Neapolitan language, meaning thug, bully, braggart. While today the word is often used to indicate a member of the Camorra, a Mafia-type organisation in the region of Campania and its capital Naples in Italy, the ''guapperia'' (or ''guapparia''; i.e., the guappo culture) predates Camorra and was originally very different.〔 Monica Florio, (''Il guappo'' )〕
==Etymology==
The word derives from the Spanish ''guapo'', meaning bold, elegant, an ostentatious person, and which eventually derives from the Latin ''vappa'', meaning flat wine or scoundrel. The noun ''guapparía'', which is sometimes also used to indicate the Camorra, means arrogance, domineering, braggart. The verb ''guappia'' means to behave like a ''guappo'' (Camorrista), to be domineering and derives from the Spanish ''guapear'' (to feign courage, to flaunt elegance).〔Erwin & Bello, ''(Modern Etymological Neapolitan-English Vocabulary )''〕
The word wop, a pejorative American slang term for an Italian, probably derives from guappo.〔(wop ) in wordorigins.org〕
The word might be derived from the Garduña, a fictitious criminal organisation in Spain said to be the precursor of the Camorra. The Garduña was composed of ''guapos'', generally good swordsmen, daring assassins, and committed bandits.〔 Consiglio, ''(La camorra a Napoli )'', p. 40〕
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