DAGOとは 意味・読み方・使い方

発音

• (英国発音) IPA: /ˈdeɪɡəʊ/
• 韻: -eɪɡəʊ

名詞

dago (plural dagoes or dagos)

1. (obsolete, naval slang, often derogatory, originally US) A crewman who speaks Spanish, Portuguese, or Italian.
   • 1838, "A Man-of-war's-man" (pseudonym), Maritime Scraps, Or, Scenes in the Frigate United States During a Cruise in the Mediterranean...‎, Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.:

     The man-of-war’s-man, in sporting his money in those places, fancies himself perfectly at home; and he that dares for a moment to interrupt or oppose him, be he Dago or shipmate, will inevitably meet with a rebuff for his uninvited and indecorous intrusion; but coincide with him, extol the merits and virtues of the turpentine gin with which he is inflating himself, and you are as welcome, and will meet with as spirited and hearty reception, as great a quantity of the “precious stuff,” more or no money, as though you were his revered and legitimate brother.

   • 1878, Francis O. Davenport, On a Man-of-war: A series of Naval Sketches‎:

     I interviewed his aid to know what the Dago's rank was (Sailors call everybody that speaks Spanish, Italian, and Portuguese, Dagos)

   • 1887, William Elliot Griffis, Matthew Calbraith Perry: a Typical American Naval Officer‎, page 65:

     JAMES, the Spaniard’s patron saint, has been compelled to lend his name as “Iago” to innumerable towns, cities and villages. From Mexico to Patagonia in Spanish America, “Santiago,” “San Diego,” “Iago” and “Diego” are such frequently recurring vocables that the Yankee sailor calls natives of these countries “Dago men,” or “Diegos.” It is his slang name for foreigners of the Latin race. It is a relic of the old days when he knew them chiefly as pirates.

   • 1897, Herbert Elliott Hamblen, On Many Seas: The Life and Exploits of a Yankee Sailor‎, page 351:

     He had that treacherous snarky look, characteristic of all these Mediterranean nations, known to Yankee sailors by the generic name of Dago. However, as long as he behaved, I used him well, but I didn't trust him.

   • 1899, St. George Rathborne, A Bar Sinister: A Tale of Love and Adventure‎, page 193:

     “As you please. Now what is wrong? Are we sinking? Has she sprung a leak? Does the dago crew mean to mutiny and murder us in our bunks?”
     The major actually smiled.
     “How readily you leap to a conclusion, my dear boy! but I am happy to say that, as far as I know, the little vessel is staunch, and the dark-skinned sons of Italy comprising the crew have not the slightest intention of doing us the least injury.”

2. (US, England, ethnic slur, somewhat dated) A person of Southern European descent.
   • 1906 February 16, “[arrests for a larceny]”, in The Sun, New York City, U.S.:

     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.”

   • 1925, Agatha Christie, The Secret of Chimneys:

     Oh, well, I didn’t really do anything this time. Just pulled the Dago out of the river. Like all Dagos, he couldn’t swim.

   • 1932, Dorothy L Sayers, chapter 10, in Have His Carcase:

     Sort of dago fellow; leads the orchestra down at the Winter Gardens ... You know the sort, all lah-di-dah and snakeskin shoes.

   • 1933 January 9, George Orwell [pseudonym; Eric Arthur Blair], chapter XXVIII, in Down and Out in Paris and London, London: Victor Gollancz […], →OCLC:

     And all foreigners to him were "dem bloody dagoes"—for, according to his theory, foreigners were responsible for unemployment.

   • 1963, J P Donleavy, A Singular Man, published 1963 (USA), page 19:

     "Matilda's making us omelettes, that all right, Miss Tomson."
     "Are they going to reek."
     "Dear me, I hope not. I instructed her to leave out particularly strong ingredients."
     "Just so I don't leave here smelling like a dago."

3. (Australia, ethnic slur, somewhat dated) A person of Italian descent, more specifically.

   Synonyms: Eyetie, goombah, greaseball, guido, guinea, wog, wop

使用する際の注意点

• The word has sometimes been reclaimed in recent years by its targets, with people of Italian, French, Spanish, Portuguese, and Greek origin themselves adopting the term. In the Upper Midwest region of the United States, the term is used for several Mediterranean-inspired food items.
• The Hill in St. Louis, an Italian-American enclave, is often referred to colloquially as "Dago Hill."
• Due to the traditional association between Catholicism and Italy, the word has sometimes been used to refer to Catholics as well, regardless of ethnicity.

派生語

• dago bomb
• dago dazzler
• dago red

アナグラム

• Goad, Goda, doga, goad