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Ryotaro Posted 15 years ago
Vocabulary

Look what they did to my Santino.

Hi,

A guy shoved a strawberries into his mouth and said, "Look what they did to my Santino. Gladys, George, look what they did." What is this allusion?

Thanks,

Ryo
  

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Maybe connected with this designer? Otherwise, not enough context: santino adj. ridiculously over-the-top.

— Mister Micawber

  • Maybe connected with this designer?
  • Otherwise, not enough context: santino adj.
  • ridiculously over-the-top.
  • completely overdecorated.
  • Her wedding dress was sooooo santino.
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Maybe connected with this designer? Otherwise, not enough context:

santino

adj. ridiculously over-the-top. completely overdecorated.

Her wedding dress was sooooo santino. You couldn't have squeezed another piece of ribbon or embroidery onto it. (from the overdone style of designer Santino Rice on the Bravo
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It's a misquotation from The Godfather. Larry David from "Curb Your Enthusiasm" puts cherry tomatoes in his mouth so as to resemble Don Corleone. Santino refers to Santino "Sonny" Corleone but, in the film, Don Corleone actually says "look how they massacred my boy"
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