Glossary
Gallo: meaning ‘rooster’, a paninaro with flawless fashion style and expensive outfits.
Galloso: adjective. Person owning the characteristic of a Gallo.
Sfitinzia (o Squinzia): paninaro girl.
Company: group or gang of paninari.
Cinghios: from ‘cinghiale’ meaning ‘boar’. Tacky, aggressive, and badly dressed young people often wearing elements typical of biker and rock culture.
Cucador: playboy. A sophisticated member of the scene and a master at flirting.
Randa: from ‘randagio’, meaning ‘stray’. A paninaro with a hobo or aggressive attitude, often coming from a working-class background or moving on his own without a regular company. He embraces a more casual and practical style.
Preppy: referred to as either a paninaro or a sfitinzia. An aesthetic trend derived from American campus fashion.
Ferro: motorbike.
Tubone: moped or 50cc scooter (often pimped).
Arrapation: feeling of physical or psychological excitement as a consequence of seeing a good-looking sfitinzia.
Gargarozzo: from the Latin gargala ‘trachea’, throat. See the expression ‘spararsi un panozzo giù per il gargarozzo’, meaning ‘to shove a panini/burger down one’s throat’.
Panozzo: panini, burger. The term is also used, by association, to define a paninaro.
Sereno: meaning ‘clear’, the typical salute used by paninari to greet each other.
Sapiens: parents, people so elder to be detached from reality and trends as much as individuals from the Stone Age.
China: from Chinese. A left-wing student, hence someone far from the paninaro fashion and philosophy. Also known in Rome as ‘pelosi’, meaning ‘hairy’ because of their costume of sporting long hair and beards, something deemed unfashionable and dirty by the paninari.
