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luigi

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It's a recognised English word, but it isn't in the official NASPA Scrabble word list.

Scrabble points
6
Words With Friends
9
Letters
5
Pronunciation
[luˈiːdʒi]

Definition of luigi

3 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

name

  1. 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.”
    “As the senior mafia padrone, Luigi Sansone used his four-man mafia team to start collections from Sicilian businesses on the Hill.”
    “Luigi 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.”
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name

  1. 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.”
    “As the senior mafia padrone, Luigi Sansone used his four-man mafia team to start collections from Sicilian businesses on the Hill.”
    “Luigi 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.”

verb

  1. (Internet, neologism)To assassinate.
    “ProPublica was working on this story before UHC’s CEO got Luigied:”
    “I mean, some probably think that Luiging people might be fine?”
    “So uh, basically, there's some more CEOs that need to be Luigied”
    “Do you think if someone was going to "Luigi him", a kid on his shoulders would stop it?”
  2. (alt-of, alternative)Alternative form of Luigi

Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.

Etymology

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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