"mammone" citation from Double-Tongued Dictionary

Catchword: mammone

Filed under: Italian, Italy

Part of speech: n.

Quotation: Italy: Mammone A description of the young men and women who won’t give up Mamma’s cooking. The number of them living at home has risen to nearly 50% in the past decade, perhaps the highest rate in Europe.

Article or document title:
“Parlez-Vous Twixter?” (URL)

Author:
Deirdre Van Dyk

Article, document, publication, web site:
Time

Publishing location:
U.S.

Date of publication:
Jan. 24, 2005

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