Word: gino
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...immigrants who are "just off the boat." It clearly references non-assimilation in its use of a name more at home in the old homeland. In fact, in different locales, the same slur isn't Guido: in Chicago the term is "Mario" and in Toronto it goes by "Gino." Guido is far less offensive, among Italian-Americans, than another G word, which is also used in the names of countries in equatorial west Africa...
...fourth and four midway through the fourth quarter, the Crimson, down 10-0 and back at its own 30, decided to go for it. After wasting its first two downs on incomplete passes and with the third good for only six yards, Harvard turned to junior tailback Gino Gordon—the team’s leading rusher for the past two seasons...
...That was probably my best ball that I threw,” Winters said. “The play was designed for [junior] Gino [Gordon] on a wheel route, but the corner and Lorditch were matched up man-on-man. So I knew as soon as he got outside him, I was just going to put it out in front of him, and Lorditch is fast enough that he?...
Harvard also didn’t take many risks with its play-calling, sticking mainly to runs up the middle from its tailback tandem of junior Gino Gordon and freshman Treavor Scales to move the ball up the field, a strategy that wasn’t as successful as it had been throughout the season...
...Crimson has recently been carried by its own running game. Freshman Treavor Scales and junior Gino Gordon have combined to rush for eight touchdowns in the past two games. But the duo should have a tougher time tomorrow. Penn has allowed only one rushing touchdown all season and hasn’t allowed a 100-yard rusher in 21 games...