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Luigi en · PROPN

Pronunciation

  • /luˈiːd͡ʒi/
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Etymology

Borrowed from Italian Luigi. Doublet of Ludovico, Luis, Ludwig, and other cognates. The verb sense emerged shortly after the December 2024 killing of American healthcare CEO Brian Thompson; the accused is Luigi Mangione.

Meanings

  1. A male given name from Italian, equivalent to English Louis.
    • A motherly woman lived there with her son, Luigi, a gay young man with an olive-oily skin, glistening teeth and a rubbery smile. 1952, Paul Brickhill, “The Man who Would Not Die”, in Escape—or Die: Authentic Stories of the R.A.F. Escaping Society, London: Pan Books Ltd., published 1956, page 106:
    • As the senior mafia padrone, Luigi Sansone used his four-man mafia team to start collections from Sicilian businesses on the Hill. 2011, J.C.R., Sally A. Forehand, J C R Forehand, Murder at the St. Louis Worlds Fair, page 75:
    • Luigi Mangione, the suspect in the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson outside a New York City hotel, is now charged with murder, according to court documents. 2024 December 10, Jesse Zanger, Renee Anderson, “Luigi Mangione, suspect in UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson's killing, charged with murder in NYC”, in CBS News:

wikipedia: Killing of Brian Thompson · wikipedia: Luigi Mangione

Luigi en · VERB

Pronunciation

  • /luˈiːd͡ʒi/
  • (US) audio
  • (General-American) audio

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian Luigi. Doublet of Ludovico, Luis, Ludwig, and other cognates. The verb sense emerged shortly after the December 2024 killing of American healthcare CEO Brian Thompson; the accused is Luigi Mangione.

Meanings

  1. (Internet, neologism) To assassinate.
    • So uh, basically, there's some more CEOs that need to be Luigied 2024 December 27, PhantomCruze, Reddit:
    • ProPublica was working on this story before UHC’s CEO got Luigied: 2024 December 17, “Company Of Luigied CEO Has Been Fucking Over Autistic Kids”, in The Opinionated Ogre, archived from the original on 17 Dec 2024:
    • I mean, some probably think that Luiging people might be fine? 2024 December 23, PiranhaPlantFan, Reddit:
    • Do you think if someone was going to "Luigi him", a kid on his shoulders would stop it? 2025 January 20, JamieMarlee, Reddit:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
Luigis Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
Luiging Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
Luigied Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
Luigied Tense=Past lexicographic

Deriveds

Luigi'd

Synonyms

JFK · Kirk

wikipedia: Killing of Brian Thompson · wikipedia: Luigi Mangione