Slang is very common in everyday speech. Almost every group, organization, and society has their own “lingo”, which makes sense to them, but not necessarily to others. The Italian mob is no different. If one were to rent movies dealing with Italian Gangsters, such as: Good Fellas, or any of the three Godfather movies, they would find many slang words they may not understand. Some of these words are used in place of other words, like the joint, which means prison, or junk, meaning drugs. Whereas other words have their own meaning such as, a made man. This is a man who has extreme importance and cannot be killed without permission. The made man h....

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