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Rocco wrote:

Pogo The Clown wrote:Gigi, Beansie? Us Italians, I think we're the only ones that use nicknames to that extent.


Pogo

Sonny is another nickname also Casey. You will never find Sonny on the birth certificate. I can't tell you how many cousins and uncles I had with the nick name Sonny. Mostly because they had some horrible name their parents gave them in Italy like Cosmo or something. Lol

That's how my old man is, his name is so bad he goes by Sonny too after his Grandfather started calling him Sonny Boy. It is not even close to his name at all.

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Yeah I meant to write Joseph.


Pogo

It was a media creation that Leonetti hated but Scarfo loved.


Pogo

paph wrote:Vincent Gigante "The Chin "

now i m reading the book of Philip Leonetti and he hated his nickname " Crazy Phil "

That was another media creation crazy phil

Raffaele Cutolo aka The Gospel
Rosetta Cutolo aka Ice Eyes
Pasquale Barra aka The Animal
Gennaro Licciardi aka The Monkey
Paolo di Lauro aka Ciro the Milionaire
Raffaele Amato aka The Spanish Man (because buy the coke in Spain)
Ugo Gabriele aka Kitty because was a transexual
Assunta Maresca aka Pupetta and Lady Camorra

Vincent Gigante "The Chin "

now i m reading the book of Philip Leonetti and he hated his nickname " Crazy Phil "

Angelo lapietra was called the hook by the press but his real nickname was the bull

Jackie the lackey was a media creation

Joe andriacchi was called the builder by the press but was usually called just joey a or flapjacks

Jimmy inendino called jimmy I cuz his last name but press said it was for ice pick lol

Seems like any tony without a real nickname is "tough" tony

The clown was a media creation for joey lombardo but it caught on usually called lumbo or lumpy both plays off his name goudie said he was called lumpy from putting lumps on people's heads hahaha don't know where they get this shit

A lot of those nicknames are made up by journalists and aren't the real nicknames that their family or the Mob used. We should separate out the media-created nicknames from the ones they actually used.

Name - Media Nickname -Real Nickname -Alias
Vincenzo Gibaldi -Machine Gun Jack McGurn "Battling" Jack McGurn -James DeMora or DeMory
Alphonse Capone -Scarface -Snorky -Al Brown
Jacob Guzik -Greasy Thumb Jake Guzik -Jack Guzik
Francesco Raffaele Nitto -Frank "the Enforcer" Nitti -Frank Nitto -Ralph Nitto
Umberto Anastasio -Mad Hatter -Albert Anastasia -Albert Anastasia
Giuseppe Bonanno -Joe Bananas -Peppino -Joe Bonanno
Antonino Accardo -Big Tuna -Joe Batters, JB -Anthony Accardo, Tony Accardo
Simone Rizzo DeCavalcante -Sam the Plumber -The Count -Sam DeCavalcante
Salvatore Lucania -Lucky Luciano -Charlie Lucky -Charles Lucania
Francesco Castiglia -The Prime Minister -Frank Costello -Frank Costello, Frank Saverio

(I tried to make columns using the space bar, but it deleted the spaces when I posted this; maybe someone who knows how to create columns can fix this.)

Rocco wrote:

Pogo The Clown wrote:Gigi, Beansie? Us Italians, I think we're the only ones that use nicknames to that extent.

Sonny is another nickname also Casey. You will never find Sonny on the birth certificate. I can't tell you how many cousins and uncles I had with the nick name Sonny. Mostly because they had some horrible name their parents gave them in Italy like Cosmo or something. Lol

That was actually a line from the Sopranos.


Pogo

Cosmo is not a horrible name. But then I suppose it proves the truth of the proverb "Giuseppe today and Faruani tomorrow."

Pogo The Clown wrote:Gigi, Beansie? Us Italians, I think we're the only ones that use nicknames to that extent.


Pogo

Sonny is another nickname also Casey. You will never find Sonny on the birth certificate. I can't tell you how many cousins and uncles I had with the nick name Sonny. Mostly because they had some horrible name their parents gave them in Italy like Cosmo or something. Lol

paph wrote:do u know why has vinny "Ocean " Palermo called so?

Because he used to work in a fish market.


Pogo

do u know why has vinny "Ocean " Palermo called so?

George "Butterass" DeCicco was always a good one.


Pogo