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Lace curtain 

An often insulting term for Italian-Americans and/or Irish-Americans to describe Irish or Italians who abandon their working class/blue collar roots to pursue a more upper class/white collar career - such as, for example, a lawyer, doctor or, in some situations, a cop. The term is most commonly used in the New England region of the United States. Like nigger or nigga for black people, when used among fellow Italian-Americans or Irish-Americans, it's not too controversial; otherwise, it can be seen as quite offensive. The term is used a few times in Martin Scorsese's acclaimed 2006 crime drama, The Departed.
Mikey: What about Dominic's son? How's he doing?
Paul: That lace curtain motherfucker? He's going to law school!
Lace curtain by Mr. MacPhisto February 19, 2007
Related Words

lace my chucks

Used in the Jack's Mannequin song Bruised (see example sentence for the line that used it) lace my Chucks is a slang word for tying my shoes, specifically Converse. The popular type of Converse shoes are actually called Chuck Taylor's, so the phrase lace, meaning to tie, and Chucks meaning Chuck Taylors, Converse, or shoes.
"I lace my Chucks, I walk the aisle"
- Bruised
Jack's Mannequin
lace my chucks by speekmonkey January 19, 2010
Lace up means life is hard but you just should get ready and wait what life brings you and give a damn about what stress you at the moment because destiny will make it right (:
A: "I'm so affraid of the exam next week"
B: "lace up."
Lace up by divababe May 20, 2013

lace code 

A trend started by Nazi punks by lacing their shoes with red laces. This trend has evolved to have different colored ladder laced shoe laces mean different things.
Don't lace your boots with white laces Jas, it lace code for white supremacist!
lace code by Dumbskateremo September 19, 2020

Lace you 

to give or tell somebody some
man imma lace you with this picture?
what Carly told you , lace me with it ?
Lace you by sexyK July 11, 2015
Lace The Fuck Up is a metaphor for getting ready for what life throws at you
Lace Up by codrocks0343 December 6, 2012