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faygo

Combination of the words...fake, and dago. An intentional reference to the Michigan beverage company, Faygo Pop.

A fake Italian. A person who tries to fit in with the Italian crowd. Generally mimicing exaggerated stereotypes portrayed in TV and film. A Faygo may try to use sterotypical Italian-American words that no Italian born or 1st generation Italian-American would ever commonly use, such as; forgeddaboutit, pasta fazool, etc. What a whigger is to the black community, a faygo is to the Italian community. A faygo may even be partially Italian by blood, but seperated from Italian culture for generations.

A Faygo may alter their entire personality and interests, just to fit in with the Italian crowd. Examples being; wearing leather jackets, slicking their hair back, using Italian words in their regular vocabulary (commonly mispronouncing them). Faygos are generally shunned throughout strong Italian-American communities. They are considered second rate and commonly ridiculed for being pretenders.

A term sparingly used in the Detroit, MI suburbs of Macomb Twp., and Shelby Twp. A term coined by Salvatore Biondo in 2002.
Look at that faygo over there drinking his espresso and using his hands to talk. I grew up with the kid. He used to wear Abercrombie and play softball.
by TotoGol October 13, 2008
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