A Italian-American shibboleth for "nigger". It is a corruption of melanzane, the Italian word for eggplant. Shibboleth is a code word. Spelling is variable.
"We had to come all the way to Cleveland for you to get beaten by a moulignon?"
Joe Pesci to DeNiro in Raging Bull
Joe Pesci to DeNiro in Raging Bull
by Chapernicus January 26, 2010