Matches in DBpedia 2016-04 for { ?s ?p "Zips (also Siggies or Geeps) is a slang term often used as a derogatory slur by Italian American and Sicilian American mobsters in reference to newer immigrant Sicilian and Italian mafiosi. The name is said to have originated from mobsters' inability to understand the faster-speaking Sicilian dialects, which appeared to \"zip\" by. Other theories include pejorative uses such as Sicilians' preference for silent, homemade zip guns."@en }
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- Zips comment "Zips (also Siggies or Geeps) is a slang term often used as a derogatory slur by Italian American and Sicilian American mobsters in reference to newer immigrant Sicilian and Italian mafiosi. The name is said to have originated from mobsters' inability to understand the faster-speaking Sicilian dialects, which appeared to \"zip\" by. Other theories include pejorative uses such as Sicilians' preference for silent, homemade zip guns.".