I looked it up on the Urban Dictionary, some pretty funny stuff there. http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Gavone
Bob >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Reply-To: Mailing list for the International Radio Club of >America<[email protected]> >To: [email protected] >Subject: Re: [IRCA] IRCA Quote Of The Week >Date: Mon, 22 Jan 2007 11:49:38 EST > >Estimado Bob - > > Thank you. Thank you most kindly. I was remiss in not defining >'gavone', >as marked w/*. > >Bob Grant frequently described pig-ignorant boors whose utter dearth of >facts >is inversely proportional to the fervor with which they assert their point, >as 'gavones'. > > 'Gavone' is Neapolitan, or 'Nabblytahn' slang for southern Italian >dialect, >'Caifon', meaning hillbilly, an ignorant person who makes a lot of money >and >spends it foolishly. > > Our Brit friends here on billionaire's row prefer 'Gaffon'. Doesn't it >sound >more fit for use when amongst polite company? Does it create a picture in >your mind's eye of a babboon, money bag in one paw, wildly thrashing a >marlinspike with the other as it wends its way through a glass house? > > Some theorize another variant, 'Guvvoon' is courtesy of the Sicilians, >whose >dialect evinces Moorish influence. Speculation, learned and otherwise >aside, >draws a nice picture, yes? > > In short, one can correctly use all variants of Caifon to describe those >who know the cost of everything - and the value of nothing. > > > Dr. Zecchino > >PV Zecchino, T.D. >Caifon-at-large for the district of >Manasota Key, FL > > >_______________________________________________ >IRCA mailing list >[email protected] >http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca > >Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the >original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the >IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers > >For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org > >To Post a message: [email protected] > _______________________________________________ IRCA mailing list [email protected] http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: [email protected]
