"pippa" sarai tu
In italian if someone "e' una pippa" means that he "is an handjob", meaning that he's "poor", not good at doing somewhat. Well, this word "pippa" in italian isn't in any way polite (kinda rude, actually), but ...
In the Corriere della Sera (one of the most important newspaper in Italy) of yesterday (page 51), there is an article in the Sport section about Shaquille O' Neal, everything but a poor basketball player. Any way he reached the ugly record of 5.000 missed free throws (english link on ESPN).
Do you wanna know the word the journalist (Riccardo Romani, author for the Corriere della Sera) used? "handjob"... "pippa", actually.
Last time they didn't know the meaning of an english word (maybe).. but now? Unbelievable.