Me: Who was at the door?
Victor: Bunch of Jehovah’s Witnesses asking if I knew Jesus. I told them he just left.
Me: Aww. You’re going to hell.
Victor: I hate dealing with those people. They give me –
Me: Agita?
Victor: What?
Me: Agita. When you feel all uncomfortable and dispeptic. It’s like…what you give to people you don’t like.
Victor: A box of tarantulas is what you give to people you don’t like. “Agita” is just crazy talk. It’s pronounced “angina“.
Me: Agita. Look it up.
Victor: Can’t. I don’t know how to spell your crazy made-up words.
Me: Fine. I’ll look it up on the internet. *Ahem* “You won’t find “agita” in most dictionaries, although it is a quintessential Italian-American slang word. Strictly speaking, “agita” is a stomach upset or heartburn. But “agita” can also mean that special kind of existential dyspepsia of the soul you get when absolutely everything goes wrong.” So there.
Victor: So what? Even your source says it isn’t a real word.
Me: Considering it isn’t real you sure give me an assload of it.
my god…y’all sound like me and friend!
lmao
agita…i’m so gonna have to use that!
So is it a-gee-ta (hard g) or a-jee-ta. Because I must know how to pronounce your crazy-ass made up words.
it’s also a new off off broadway musical with Britney Spears, sort of blend of Evita and Aida, Also nicknamed, “The Angina Monologue”
Misterpie and his family have weird made-up words, too. It makes my grammar-freak head pop off.
IT’S NOT MADE-UP!
*huff*
You people.
It’s pronounced just like the beginning of “agitated” except it ends in an “uh” sound. Accent on the “A”
Really? You’ve never heard of it?
But “agita” can also mean that special kind of existential dyspepsia of the soul you get when absolutely everything goes wrong.”
There’s actually a word for that?!
What a coincidence. My husband is giving me agita today too.
what a great word! I think I shall start making use of it! 🙂
They are fun to play with though.
Man, now I know where to come to get my new words for Scrabble.
Sounds like a female body part.
(that’s pronounced “feh-mall-ee”)
My husband says it and so does his whole family. They pronounce it ah-ji-ta.
I got your back, Jenny.
That sounds like an “Ask the nurse” question.
*snort*
I said it just the other day and got the same WTF look…
“A box of tarantulas is what you give to people you don’t like.”
Actually, a box with a pregger female spider is *much* better. When you squish her it releases all the little baby spiders. Great hilarious fun.
:=)
~EdT.
My step-mom and grandparents are Italian, “agita” is used all the time!
Now that we know your make up crazy words, how can we be certain that you didn’t just make up your crazy husband Victor?
Or Hailey. How do we know she’s real and you’re not just stalking some other family through their pictures like Sy did with the Yorkin family in One Hour Photo?
with my aGIta i like a little velVEEta in a pIta.
Agita.
Lovely name for a girl.
A girl who makes up words.
😉
You’re a hoot, lol. My Eyetalyun friends say agita all the time. It gives me the heartburns.
I love that word and use it with reckless abandon.
As do I use a number of Yiddish words, because they just sound the way I want them to:
meshugenah = crazy
tchotchkes = useless knick-knacks meant to be pretty
kvetch = whine
Somehow English words don’t have the same je ne sais quoi as words like agita and kvetch.
Hahahahahahahehehehehehe.
As an Italian-American, I grew up with this word. However, it was always said with the “ma” before it, which lead me to believe it was monagita for the better part of my life.
It was a favorite of my grandmother:
“Oh ma agita! {bangs her chest with her fist} You kids are killing me! {sign of the cross} Why Lord am I cursed? {slaps her hands together in prayer, shakes them at the heavens} Dear sweet Jesus, won’t you give me strength? {kisses the cross around her neck} Ohhhhh ma agita! {starts rant all over again}
My two year old even says it now, obviously she got it from me. Which just confirms the fear that we end up exactly like our parents even when we try not to.
Victor: Bunch of Jehovah’s Witnesses asking if I knew Jesus. I told them he just left.
HAHAHAHA!!! Perfect. Victor cracks me up!
Jozet, Good one!!
Agita.
Lovely name for a girl.
A girl who makes up words.
you are an insanely intelligent woman.
I googled it and you are correct. Kiss of the Spider Woman also popped up.
She must give it too.
I’m glad you are well enough to be a smart ass to some Jehovah’s Witnesses!
http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Agita&redirect=no
Today I learned that this is not a word. I seriously thought this was a real medical heart-related condition that my (Italian) grandfather had. No wonder he’s still alive, agita doesn’t sound fatal.
AGITA is the BEST word!!!
do you all even know that “Agita” is name for girls in Latvia? It’s my name too. 😀 I am shocked!!!
how about agida? what does it mean? 😉
My own ‘Victor’ often says I give him chest pains …
I never understand why, but at least now I can advise him the correct word for it!