Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi has found himself under fire for his use of the Italian word "coglioni"  during the run-up to the general election in Italy. Coglioni roughly translates to idiot, cretin, or fool in English, but is a slang word for testicles in Italy. He was using it to describe his opponents. Romano Prodi, former European Union Commission President and opponent of Berlusconi, was quick to criticize the use of the term, stating, "With all the respect I have for (Berlusconi's) voters I would never use that anatomical term we heard today used about us."
Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi has found himself under fire for using the word "coglioni" to describe his opponents during the run-up to the general election in Italy. Roughly translating to "idiot", "cretin", or "fool" in English, it is Italian slang for "testicles". Romano Prodi, former European Union Commission President and opponent of Berlusconi, was quick to criticize his use of the term, stating, "With all the respect I have for (Berlusconi's) voters I would never use that anatomical term we heard today used about us."
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Coglioni roughly translates to idiot, cretin, or fool
Roughly translating to "idiot", "cretin", or "fool"
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but is a slang word for testicles in Italy. He was using it to describe his opponents.
it is Italian slang for "testicles".
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