mulignan

-a racially offensive term for a black person (from Italian melanzana, which is an eggplant.)NOTE: there are hundreds of phonetic spellings out there; however, this is the ONLY correct Italian spelling of this word.

He was accused of being a racist when he called the black man a mulignan at the bus stop.

by weave March 18, 2003

Malignant Optimism

The powers of self-delusion that abusers provoke in their victims. Malignant optimists refuse to believe that some questions are unsolvable, some diseases incurable, some disasters inevitable. They see a sign of hope in every fluctuation. They read meaning and patterns into every random occurrence, utterance, or slip. They are deceived by their own pressing need to believe in the ultimate victory of good over evil, health over sickness, order over disorder.

- My sister says that love and compassion are the solutions to her husband's battering and abuse. She won't leave him or even call the police!

- Malignant optimism for sure!

by zadanliran October 15, 2011

Mulignan

The origin of the AE word "mulignan" is not directly linked to the italian word "melanzana" (eggplant).
"Melanzana" is the standard italian word for "eggplant" but every region and even every town in the same region has its own dialect form(s).
I wanted to go further and made a little research and here is what I found.

"Melanzana" comes from the low-latin "melangolus" or"merongolus" from the arab "bâdindgiân". It is possible to find the same name in old french "mélangène" even if the current french word for "eggplant" is "aubergine".

As you can see from these examples, all the words are similar. We can assume that the AE word "mulignan"
was imported to the US by italian immigrants coming from a southern region but nothing tells us if it was Sicily or Napoli.

I hope this helped.

According to the different regions, one can find these forms of the italian word "melanzana":

"buligname" Abruzzo
"malangiana" Calabria
"marangiana" Puglia
"marignanu" Umbria
"melangiàne" Puglia
"mulingiana", "milinciana" Sicilia
"mulignana" Napoli

by orros March 25, 2010

moulinyan

Phonetic spelling of mulignane - Italian for eggplant. Also moolie. Racial insult toward blacks.

But if I call myself a nigger what the fuck is that? (yeah, you know)
Don't be the coolie or the moolie or a boob with the jigger
Don't be the one... don't be the nigga
- Ice Cube from "Kill My Landlord"

by mandingoh April 18, 2005

moulinyan

an epithet for black people, primarily used by Italian-Americans. Similar to "nigger," "coon," etc.

Frankie Needles gives Nino Brown a figurine of a black slave, with a noose around his neck which the slave is holding, after the CMB start to rival the mafia.

"To the moulinyan in charge! All the best babe AHAHAHAH!"

by Ronski26 December 19, 2011

Mouliñana

A combination of the Italian word for blacks: Moulie - shortened from Moulignan (sounds like moulinyan) - and the Spanish word for tomorrow: mañana.

It means 'tomorrow nigger.'

Yo, my man! When can we get together?

Mouliñana!!

by RealDeal050505 April 8, 2011

moulinyan

Italian word refering to a black eggplant,
also a slang term used in place of nigger
, coon, jungle bunny, spear chucker, leroy, nigger, nigger, spook, nappy head, and mud flap.

what the fuck were you doing with that stinky fuckin' moulinyan, you didn't go ozone stargazing did you. You would be walking funny if you let that moulinyan donut hole you. For a minute I thought you were a nigger lover.

by Lance Corporal Armstrong Furburger January 29, 2005