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Answer by user193 for Overuse and overload of "schifo", "fa schifo". Is it a...
"Schifo" is a very ancient word, used in Italian literature since the very beginning, Dante Alighieri, Francesco Petrarca, etc. It is from French "eschif" and this from Franconian "skiuh(j)an", meaning...
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The increasing use of the word schifo and derivative terms is not uncommon in everyday life in Italy, whereas it is true that it is more common to hear it on TV and that is mainly because the commonly...
View ArticleOveruse and overload of "schifo", "fa schifo". Is it a recent thing?
It came to my attention very fast the extensive use of "schifo", "fa schifo" in everyday language and TV, mostly in situations that actually don't cause disgust. I connected immediately to the same...
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