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A very offensive insult for an Italian person, or for someone of Italian family. Do not use this word — there is no safe or joking way to say it.
A very offensive insult for an Italian person一個對義大利人非常冒犯的辱罵詞，or for someone of Italian family或是對有義大利家族背景的人。Do not use this word不要用這個字——there is no safe or joking way to say it沒有安全或開玩笑的講法。
It is listed here so you can recognise it when you meet it, because it does turn up in old films, in novels about New York, and in songs, and a who does not know what it is may repeat it without understanding.
It is listed here so you can recognise it when you meet it這裡列出它，是為了讓你遇到時能認得出來，because it does turn up in old films, in novels about New York, and in songs因為它確實會出現在老電影、關於紐約的小說和歌曲裡，and a learner who does not know what it is may repeat it without understanding不知道這個字的學習者可能會在不懂的情況下講出來。
Understand how heavy it is: this is not a rude word like "stupid" that makes someone angry for a minute. It is a slur — a word invented to make a whole group of people less than human — and it belongs with the worst words in English.
Understand how heavy it is要理解這個字有多重：this is not a rude word like "stupid" that makes someone angry for a minute.它不是像 "stupid" 那種讓人生氣一下下的粗話。It is a slur它是一個種族辱罵語——a word invented to make a whole group of people less than human一個被造出來、用來貶低整個族群、把他們當成不算人的字——and it belongs with the worst words in English而且它是英文裡最惡劣的字之一。
Saying it to an Italian-American, or even near one, can end a friendship or lose you a job, and no apology afterwards fully undoes it.
Saying it to an Italian-American, or even near one對一個義大利裔美國人說這個字，甚至只是在他附近說，can end a friendship or lose you a job都可能毀掉一段友誼，或讓你丟掉工作，and no apology afterwards fully undoes it而事後的道歉也沒辦法完全彌補。
If you must talk about the word itself, English speakers say "the w-word" or "an anti-Italian slur". If you meet it in an old book, that is the writer showing you the ugliness of a time; it is not permission.
If you must talk about the word itself如果你一定要提到這個字本身，English speakers say "the w-word" or "an anti-Italian slur".英文母語者會說 "the w-word" 或 "an anti-Italian slur"。If you meet it in an old book如果你在一本老書裡遇到它，that is the writer showing you the ugliness of a time那是作者在讓你看見那個時代的醜陋；it is not permission那不代表你可以用它。
The one thing you may safely do with this word is know it and never say it.
The one thing you may safely do with this word對這個字，你唯一能安全做的事，is know it and never say it就是認識它，然後永遠不要說出口。
組成From Neapolitan guappo ("dude, stud"), a form of greeting, itself borrowed from Spanish guapo ("bold, handsome"). First seen in New York City around 1906, then spreading to Canada, Australia and Britain. Note that the popular story — that it stands for "without papers" or "working off passage" — is false; people invented that explanation later to fit the word.
原始詞典資料4 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
wopnoun詞源 1/wɒp/
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slurA person of Italian descent.
- Detective J.J. McVea of the Charles street station, who arrested the boys, says that the robbery of the safe was a remarkable one and showed no trace of amateurism. It was committed by four boys. Besides Lyons and Murphy, he says, there were in it Albert Moquin, 14 years old, of 68 West Third street, and one whom Lyons calls “Oscar the Wop,” or “Oscar the Dago.”
- There was a time, not very long ago, when you couldn't find a Wop -- that means an Italian in the latest downtown dialect -- in Danny's resort even by using a microscope. But to-day it's different. The members of the Five Points gang, all dark skinned sons of Sicily, grew tired of flitting from place to place, with no set rendezvous for their nightly gatherings. A number of the Pointers used to frequent the place, and it wasn't long before the entire gang became regulars.
這個拼法也被記錄為下列字的變化形：
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。