Lace Curtain

What is Lace Curtain?


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An often insulting term for Italian-Americans and/or Irish-Americans to describe Irish or Italians who abandon their working class/blue collar roots to pursue a more upper class/ white collarcareer - such as, for example, a lawyer, doctor or, in some situations, a cop. The term is most commonly used in the New Englandregion of the United States. Like niggeror niggafor black people, when used among fellow Italian-Americans or Irish-Americans, it's not too controversial; otherwise, it can be seen as quite offensive. The term is used a few times in Martin Scorsese's acclaimed 2006 crime drama, The Departed.

Mikey: What about Dominic's son? How's he doing?

Paul: That lace curtain motherfucker? He's going to law school!

See italian-american, irish-american, insult, offensive, working class, upper class, united states


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