What does Bootana mean?
should
be "Puttana"
Puttana- sometimes pronounced Bootana
is an Italian slang
used to describe
A Loose Woman. etc.
"She's A Boo-tana!" .
"Your girlfriends a Bootana!"
examples:
"The Bootana"
"She's A Bootana!"
(bootana being used here:)
On the days that we didn’t go to the movies,
we’d spend the afternoon with some of my father’s friends
They all had little boy names like Petey, Johnny, or Billy.
Mostly they’d sit around drinking and smoking cigarettes in a dark restaurant or bar
where there were never any other customers.
When the friends told stories they used words that I knew were Italian,
that sounded like "vafongool" or "mamalook" or "bootana" but unlike my Italian-speaking grandparents and their friends, these guys looked so American—they looked like people on television.
They drove convertibles.
They dressed "sharp", in two-tone shoes or shiny jackets and contrasting shirts with big collars that were open at the top. They had pinky rings and medallions around their necks.
When they laughed at my father’s jokes, their teeth and their jewelry all flashed at once.
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