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guido en · NOUN · etymology 1

Pronunciation

• /ˈɡwiːdəʊ/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• (Australia) audio
• gwē'dō
• /ˈɡwidoʊ/ (General-American)

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ Proto-Indo-European *dwi- Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- Proto-Indo-European *h₁weydʰh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-us Proto-Indo-European *(h₁)wéydʰ(h₁)us Proto-Germanic *widuz Proto-West Germanic *widu Proto-Indo-European *-ō Proto-Germanic *-ô Proto-West Germanic *-ō Frankish *Widōbor. Medieval Latin *Widō Italian Guidobor. English guido From Italian Guido, a male given name. Doublet of Guido, Guy, and guy.

Meanings

1. (US, ethnic, slang, slur) An Italian or (especially) Italian-American man, especially a stereotypical working-class or lower-class, usually urban-dwelling one.
   • In a way, he looked like one of those guidos from MTV's Jersey Shore, but he resembled them only in appearance. 2013, Nathan J Morissey, 62 Hot Gay Stories:

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Coordinates

Italian person · guidette

Deriveds

guidette

Relateds

truzzo and tamarro (Italian)

guido en · NOUN · etymology 2

Meanings

1. (US, slang) A guidance officer.
   • There were to be four Guidance Officers for Apollo 1. Two “Guidos” were to be on the console for launch phase and two for orbit phase. 2018, Manfred "Dutch" von Ehrenfried, Apollo Mission Control (page 255)
   • While the Black Team continued to monitor current conditions, off-console retrofire officers (RETROs), flight dynamics officers (FIDOs), and guidance officers (GUIDOs) were at work calculating the exact short-burn maneuver […] 1999, Judy L. Hasday, The Apollo 13 Mission, page 79:

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