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Italian
Etymology
Verb-object compound, composed of rompi (“to break”) + scatole (“boxes”), the latter word replacing coglioni or palle (“balls”). See rompicoglioni and rompipalle.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌrom.piˈska.to.le/[1]
- Rhymes: -atole
- Hyphenation: rom‧pi‧scà‧to‧le
Noun
rompiscatole m or f by sense (invariable)
- (euphemistic) nuisance, bother, pain in the neck (person)
- Synonyms: rompicazzo, rompicoglioni, rompipalle, scassapalle, spaccamaroni
References
- ^ rompiscatole in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication