'The Italian American Slang Word of the Day!' is MALOCCHIO!

MALOCCHIO (MAAL O KEY O) - Evil Eye

Yeah, I threw in a little twist. Reminds me of my Fluffy...

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[ARedMotorcycle]

It's been a while. Nice to see this guy return to teach us very important Italian slang words.

[marthal]

I love Great memories of my youth; I miss my parents/ grandparents. Thank you for sharing these great memories of what they used to say. You are the best!

[haruspex]

You've got a great screen personality. Thank you for a window into the italian american slang!

[johnlawson]

Glad to see you Stevie B. Love every posting you put out. Brings me back to my childhood in Jersey.

[stephenlondon]

Good afternoon, Stevie, and so great to see you again with a new video…And believe me, with all my Sicilian relatives on my mother’s side, I knew what “malocchio” was at a very early age 😂

[carminedestefanis]

Madonna Mia, yous bring me back to my youth Stevie. All them words you share were spoken in my house. My cousins would call Aunt Vincenza to perform the maloochio ritual over a piece of clothing socks, t shirt you know and if it was for the baby a pacifier, lock of hair stuff like this ok then mom would get the oil, spoon n cup o water n say the prayer over that persons stuff. It’s a beautiful prayer for sure. At times mama would sense that evil eye on a family member n do the ritual, the phone would ring and the person or parent knew mom had done prayer w/o ever callin in the first place. This beautiful thing is for reals. Thank you Stevie for all yous do on keepin this alive. Lots of love your way brother.

[Marcus]

When I was a boy I knew I could get away with more mischief when company was over. But I also knew it was time to stop when pop gave me the MALOCCHIO!

[MariaM-utxk]

Nobody better give the Malocchio to our Stevie B! We love you Stevie!

[therealjerseydevil]

I just found you. Glad I did. 🎶Memories🎶 Takes me right back to the land of my birth~ South Jersey. The old ladies would say "Malocchio" and do the finger in the eye thing hahahaha..

[e.l.norton]

Ah, the malocchio! Stevie, you probably remember a hysterical episode of All in the Family where Archie's Italian neighbor, Frank Lorenzo, hits him repeatedly with the malocchio as retaliation for insulting his wife, Irene. Funny, funny stuff. Good seeing you, man.

[robertosantorelli]

Some Neapolitan countermeasures against the evil eye:
Making the horns gesture (better with both hands),
scratching your balls,
touching something made of iron,
touching keys (better if you have a very old one)
holding a clove of garlic,
taking a horn-shaped object or anything that resembles it, like a red chili pepper,
invoking Saint Gennaro...
then there are a whole series of phrases that one could say that I believe are untranslatable into English.

Each gesture is appropriate for a specific type of defense (it depends on the situation, whether somebody is just looking at you, saying something to you, etc.). In any case, the advice is to adopt as many countermeasures as possible at the same time...to be on the safe side.

[aldonapolitano]

My dad (and mom) used to say I was getting them stitsad. Is that a thing?
Love you Steven! Stay cool.

[georgealoupas]

Don't give me your manson lamps. Just stop! 😂

[dojocho]

My last relative from Italy passed away in NJ, He was a Surgeon. He lived to be 96.... So now I'm officially the last member of the family alive...In my 60's....lol Hope your doing well Stevie.

[LadyPatriciaT]

the malocchio is a big deal in my family! Wear something red when you get a new car or jewelry to prevent the curse from a jealous or envious person ha ha.

[randystanley]

Good to see you hope all is well if you can send us the one about acting like a big shot spiconnè

[yankeespy]

What? You got overlooked by a dog? Mannaggia!!

[bhlh-drog]

hmmmm...as a kid it was always "maloik" like "what's the deal with the maloik?" the shortened version

[kfinn]

Stevie this time don’t say she’s my fiancé when you have no intention of seeing it thru

[jonathanschadenfreude]

Driving down the Northway to forbid someone cut grandma rita off in a comes the malocchio!