Definition of mangiacake in English:
mangiacake
nounˈmʌndʒəˌkeɪkˈməndʒəˌkeɪk
Canadian derogatory, informal (among Canadians of Italian descent) a person who is not Italian.
don't be a mangiacake and ask for grated cheese
Example sentencesExamples
- I always tell them you guys speak Italian like a mangiacake.
- Joe told jokes about the kind of guilt Italian mothers put on their kids and how he always had a better lunch than the “mangiacake” (non-Italian, English-speaking) kids at school.
- This week's Soppressata Contest at Club Italia - a celebration of the homemade pork sausage - was an overwhelming feast for the senses for this mangiacake from eastern Ontario.
- He figures this 'mangia cake' won't understand the sacrilege of beer and pasta.
- We mangiacakes whispered the names "Rocco Perri" and "Johnny Papalia" with terror and admiration.
- You insignificant slice of mangiacake!
- If you heard that an Italian girl was marrying a non-Italian, a mangia-cake, it was a scandal.
Origin
1970s: from Italian mangiare 'to eat' + cake, apparently with dismissive reference to the type of food regarded as typically favored by non-Italians in Canada.
Definition of mangiacake in US English:
mangiacake
nounˈmənjəˌkākˈməndʒəˌkeɪk
Canadian derogatory, informal (among Canadians of Italian descent) a person who is not Italian.
don't be a mangiacake and ask for grated cheese
Example sentencesExamples
- We mangiacakes whispered the names "Rocco Perri" and "Johnny Papalia" with terror and admiration.
- If you heard that an Italian girl was marrying a non-Italian, a mangia-cake, it was a scandal.
- You insignificant slice of mangiacake!
- He figures this 'mangia cake' won't understand the sacrilege of beer and pasta.
- This week's Soppressata Contest at Club Italia - a celebration of the homemade pork sausage - was an overwhelming feast for the senses for this mangiacake from eastern Ontario.
- Joe told jokes about the kind of guilt Italian mothers put on their kids and how he always had a better lunch than the “mangiacake” (non-Italian, English-speaking) kids at school.
- I always tell them you guys speak Italian like a mangiacake.
Origin
1970s: from Italian mangiare ‘to eat’ + cake, apparently with dismissive reference to the type of food regarded as typically favored by non-Italians in Canada.