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Of ideophonic origin. First appears in the Pat Cooper routine The Italian Wedding (1958). Popularized by film The Godfather (1972) and the television series The Sopranos from the 1990s.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Today it means: Expressing that something was easily completed, was simple to accomplish, or followed as a direct consequence. Full definition →
Of ideophonic origin. First appears in the Pat Cooper routine The Italian Wedding (1958). Popularized by film The Godfather (1972) and the television series The Sopranos from the 1990s.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.