greaseball
nounEtymology From grease + -ball.; possibly derived from the fact that Italians and Italian-Americans are stereotyped as having greasy or greased-up hair.
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US, Derogatory, Ethnic, Slang, Slur A person of Italian descent.
- (Italian)
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US, Derogatory, Ethnic, Slang, 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 the same.1982, Stephen King, Survivor Type:
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Slang A mechanic.
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Slang A biker, a tough.
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Slang A rocker or metalhead, especially one who listens to 1950s rock and roll or 1980s thrash metal.