| Kenneth G. Wilson (1923–). The Columbia Guide to Standard American English. 1993. |
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| (plural: dagos or dagoes), an ethnic or racial insult that English speakers once applied to people of Italian or Spanish (or, loosely, any other Mediterranean) ancestry, has become a taboo word. Today its use is limited mainly to fiction and drama set in the early twentieth century. Some recent college desk dictionaries omit it. | 1 |
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| | | The Columbia Guide to Standard American English. Copyright © 1993 Columbia University Press. |
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