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Baccagghju, also known as baccaglio, is a cant based on Sicilian and Calabrian dialects used by members of Cosa Nostra and the 'Ndrangheta, the criminal organization operating in Calabria (Southern Italy). Sometimes the puppeteers of the Opera dei pupi used the jargon, to transmit unwanted content by the authorities.

Vocabulary

In 1897, a prostitutes revealed to judges some terms:^[1]

marca carnente: woman in love
maggiorigna: madame of a brothel
strambola: night
putrimento: bed
mutria: face
sopracielo: hat
sferra: stabbing knife
cerino: knife
lampanti: eyes
fangose, caminanti: "walkers", shoes
putea: police station
zaffi: policemen
carrubbi: carabinieri
sciacche: prostitutes
muffa: handkerchief
'ntiuno: watch
capezza: chain
grasciume: gold
sfogliose: bank notes
maniglie: old Italian liras
utri ca fossa: manslaughter, the punishment for traitors

References

↑ Fratelli di sangue [it], chapter 2, Nicola Gratteri, Antonio Nicasso [it], 2008, Arnoldo Mondadori Editore S.p.A., Milan.

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