gabbadost

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adjective

hard-headed, stubborn

OriginItalian capatosta →
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Meanings

adjectivegabbadost (not comparable)
  1. not comparablehard-headed, stubborn

    My mother refuses to learn email. She's a little gabbadost.

    2018, Tony DiGerolamo, F*ck You, I'm Italian: Why We Italians Are Awesome, →ISBN

Origin

  1. Italiancapatosta
  2. Englishgabbadost

Corruption of Sicilian/Italian capatosta, meaning "stubborn", "with a thick skull", used in Italian-American English.

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APA

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