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Originally Posted by Caligari
Moolie? Never heard that one! Report said "calm male voice" which could have been a teen putting one on but it wouldn't surprise me if it was an "adult," using that term loosely.
Considering some of the racist placards these teabaggers tote around I wouldn't be shocked if it was the store manager.
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Moolie comes from the italian word for eggplant. The actual word in italian is melanzana, but italian americans have a weird way of changing words through generations and it's commonly prounounced "mool-en-yon" today, which also is used in it's fuller form to refer to black people.
It's duragatory. I don't say it and I can't think of anyone in my generation who says it. It's mostly the older generations. When you really dig in there's a whole unique dialect specific to the culture.