Meanings
luigi1
present singular third person luigis · participle present luigiing · participle past luigied · past luigied · alternative Luigi
- alternativeAlternative form of Luigi
Luigi2
- A male given name from Italian, equivalent to English Louis.
A motherly woman lived there with her son, Luigi, a gay young man with an olive-oily skin, glistening teeth and a rubbery smile.
1952, Paul Brickhill, “The Man who Would Not Die”, in Escape—or Die: Authentic Stories of the R.A.F. Escaping Society, London: Pan Books Ltd., published 1956, page 1062 more examples
As the senior mafia padrone, Luigi Sansone used his four-man mafia team to start collections from Sicilian businesses on the Hill.
2011, J.C.R., Sally A. Forehand, J C R Forehand, Murder at the St. Louis Worlds Fair, page 75Luigi Mangione, the suspect in the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson outside a New York City hotel, is now charged with murder, according to court documents.
2024 December 10, Jesse Zanger, Renee Anderson, “Luigi Mangione, suspect in UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson's killing, charged with murder in NYC”, in CBS News, archived from the original on 10 Feb 2025
present singular third person Luigis · participle present Luiging · participle past Luigied · past Luigied
- InternetneologismTo assassinate.
I mean, some probably think that Luiging people might be fine?
2024 December 23, PiranhaPlantFan, Reddit3 more examples
ProPublica was working on this story before UHC’s CEO got Luigied:
2024 December 17, “Company Of Luigied CEO Has Been Fucking Over Autistic Kids”, in The Opinionated Ogre, archived from the original on 17 Dec 2024So uh, basically, there's some more CEOs that need to be Luigied
2024 December 27, PhantomCruze, RedditDo you think if someone was going to "Luigi him", a kid on his shoulders would stop it?
2025 January 20, JamieMarlee, Reddit
Synonyms & antonyms
Origin
- ItalianLuigi
- EnglishLuigi
Borrowed from Italian Luigi. Doublet of Ludovico, Luis, Ludwig, and other cognates. The verb sense emerged shortly after the December 2024 killing of American healthcare CEO Brian Thompson; the accused is Luigi Mangione.
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luigi. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/luigi
“luigi.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/luigi. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “luigi,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/luigi.
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