frocio

Probably from frocia (“nostril”).

frocio m (plural froci)

1. (derogatory, Romanesco, dated) a German

   Synonym: crucco

   • 1909, Cesare Pascarella, “La musica nostra”, in Sonetti:

     Be’, che dice? Che l’opera italiana
     È la più mejo musica der monno.
     E tu che soni appena la campana,
     Me venghi a di’ che er frocio sia profonno?

     Well, what does she say? That Italian opera is the best music of the world. And you who barely play the bell come telling me that the German is deep?

Uncertain.^[1]

• Likely from Latin flūxus (passed through a minor Italian cognate stratum). Cognate with floscio (and the regional froscio), Galician frouxo, Portuguese frouxo, Sicilian frocia, Spanish flojo.
• Others believe to be same as above, with a semantical shift. Alternatively from Venetan fenocio (“(slang) gay”) with rhoticisation of the /-n-/ by influence of the above term.

• froscio
• frocia (LGBT slang)
• frociə (LGBT slang)
• frocie (LGBT slang, collective)

• IPA^(key): /ˈfrɔ.t͡ʃo/
• Rhymes: -ɔtʃo
• Hyphenation: frò‧cio (standard)
• IPA^(key): /ˈfɾɔ.ʃo/ (Central, Central-Southern)
• IPA^(key): /ˈfɾɔ.ʃɔ/ (Southern)

frocio (feminine frocia, masculine plural froci, feminine plural frocie) (derogatory, originally Romanesco)

1. (vulgar, mostly derogatory) gay, homosexual

frocio m (plural froci) (derogatory, originally Romanesco)

1. (vulgar, derogatory, outgroup) gay man, poof, faggot

   Synonyms: finocchio, aricchione, ricchione, busone, purpo, checca, checca isterica

   1. (by extension, derogatory, outgroup) weak person, unmanly person

   Synonyms: femminuccia, mammoletta

2. (friendly, ingroup) homosexual person, especially a gay man

   Synonyms: amo, amio, finocchia

• (endearing) frocia, frocetta
• (derogatory): aricchione, invertito, finocchio

• →? Sicilian: frocia

• orfico