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(slang) A mechanic.
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(US, slang, pejorative, ethnic slur) Any person of Mediterranean (Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Greek) or Hispanic (Latin American) descent.
Do you think I wanted to walk across that stage and get my diploma and look down and see that fat greaseball sitting there? I got into a fraternity, too. It wasn’t one of the good ones, not with a name like Pinzetti, but a fraternity all…
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(US, slang, pejorative, ethnic slur) A person of Italian descent.
“Woodrow Wilson was our first and almost certainly our last. So I wouldn't worry too much; it's only shit-for-brains MBAs and greaseball lawyers from here on out”
“Woodrow Wilson was our first and almost certainly our last. So I wouldn't worry too much; it's only shit-for-brains MBAs and greaseball lawyers from here on out”
— Bluesky· May 2026
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