Meaning of "Guido"?
Hello everyone. I am reading a novel, and I came across this expression. Could you please let me know its meaning?
“We’re also missing Inky,” said Pablo.
“He’s gone.” Rollo was obviously coming to Clara’s rescue.
“Yessssss,” said Clara, to mean, Okay, everyone stop asking.
“I can’t believe it.” This, she later told me, was Pavel.
Someone was shaking his head. Clara and the men in her life!
“Does anyone have any idea how fed up I am with men, each with his little Guido jumping to attention like a water pistol—”
“God spare us,” said Pablo. “We’re back to Clara’s I’m-so-fed-up-with-men routine.”
- André Aciman, Eight White Nights, First Night
This is a novel published in the United States of America in 2010. This novel is narrated by the nameless male protagonist who meets Clara at a Christmas party in Manhattan. Now, the protagonist is talking with Clara's friends at the party, including Pablo, Rollo and Pavel. When Pablo, assuming that Clara is still with Inky, says that Inky is not here, Clara says she broke up with him.
Here, I wonder what "Guido" might mean. I googled and found that it can mean "Italian-American person", but I am not sure whether it can fit into this context, so I just wanted to ask you.
Thank you very much for your help.
Top answer
Clara is using colorful language. "Guido" does not mean the male member in either standard English or in slang, but that is what Clara means. She makes reference to their (a guido's and a male member's) energy and machismo, and perhaps their overall appearance.
- Clara is using colorful language.
- "Guido" does not mean the male member in either standard English or in slang, but that is what Clara means.
- She makes reference to their (a guido's and a male member's) energy and machismo, and perhaps their overall appearance.
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Clara is using colorful language. "Guido" does not mean the male member in either standard English or in slang, but that is what Clara means. She makes reference to their (a guido's and a male member's) energy and machismo, and perhaps their overall appearance.
Lexico has a pertinent definition: "A man, especially an Italian American, regarded as vain, aggressively masculine, and
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