tootsoon

English

A corruption of Italian tizzone.

tootsoon (plural tootsoons)

(US, ethnic slur) A black person.
- 1993, Nick Vasile, A Member of the Family:
  "A business acquaintance. I use his company as a source of capital for some of my deals. I used them last year to refinance a nuts-and-bolts company for a coupla blacks doin' work for the Navy. […] They were so grateful they made me their controller. Who can figure tootsoons?"
- 1993, Alan Bowne, A Snake in the Vein, page 24:
  (Gesturing offstage) You are gonna tap one of these tootsoons and get me a disposable.