Mama's Boys of the Bronx: Anthony Zoccolillo Has Been a Very Very Bad Boy

Anthony Zoccolillo a Mama's Boy & bad boy.

Someone has to be the bearer of bad news around here; it might as well be me.  Since Mama's Boys of The Bronx is Carmela's lane, I gave her opportunity to blog this bit of scam news.  She politely declined.  I thought about giving it to Chiara.  But she does so very much around here as is.  I thought about passing it along to Underboss.  He is already a little perturbed with the men still living with their mothers, aunt & dad.  The sight of the mother shining her son's shoes nearly gave him a stroke.  I thought the news of one of the Mama's Boys having a criminal past would send him to the hospital.  So here I am sharing the unfortunate realization that a mama's boy conned some people out of money.

An anonymous commenter wanted us & the Mama's Boys of The Bronx viewers to know what type of individual Anthony Zoccolillo was/is in reality.  Apparently he is not only a mama's boy, he's a very very bad boy.  Mr. Zoccolillo allegedly has a record in New York due to the importation of Ecstasy.  *dropping jaw & double chin*  He also pleaded guilty in San Diego County for conspiracy and grand theft in a relation to a rental scam operation.  The operation would collect rental deposits for homes up for sale & vacant.  The problem was the homes weren't his nor was he the property manager.  So individuals thinking they would be moving into coastal properties were moving, just not where they paid to move to.  Mr. Zoccolillo may have turned over an honest leaf.  I hope so for his mother's sake.  She seems like a really nice lady who loves her son.

If you are part of the cast or family members of the Mama's Boys of The Bronx, don't hate the messenger.  Carmela wanted no part of this post.  So don't begrudge her.  He did what he did.  It is what it is.  We'll be tuning into TLC on Monday nights to watch Mama's Boys of The Bronx.  Why did the scene in the flower shop tickle me to no end?  I thought it was just the sweetest thing.  And I'm an evil bitch.

Thank you anonymous whoever you are for bringing the truth to light. Readers can click here to read for themselves.


Update:  Anthony Zoccolillo tweeted our blogger Carmela thanking her for declining to write this post.  I have to share I thought it was a kind move on his part.  I wish all the mamas & boys the very best as long as they're doing the right thing!

Photo Credit: San Diego 10 News

Mob Wives: Lingo Of The Mob

My name is Chiara. In Italian that means “light” or “clear.” In this blog I am going to shed some light on the language used by the mafia so it all becomes clearer to you. The Mob has a language all it’s own. It might be fun to get familiar with some of the standard, more popular vocabulary which may come out of the “mouths of the babes” on VH1’s new show Mob Wives. If, during the course of the show, other words come out in their conversation, you will find them translated in my blog review of the episode. Now let’s get down to business!

La Cosa Nostra - translates into “Our Thing” and refers to the Mafia in the US

There are/were five Italian American crime families in New York: Bonanno, Colombo, Gambino, Genovese, and Lucchese.

The Mafia is an organization and, like any other business, ranks its members:

The Boss or Don is the head of the Mafia family. He decides who gets killed and gets a portion of all money made by his workers.

The Underboss is the one that runs the family and oversees all the other workers. He is next in line for the position of Boss. There is only one of these per family.

The Consigliere is an advisor to the Boss and assists him in making important decisions. He also represents the Don in meetings within the family and with other crime families. There is usually only one of these in a family.

Caporegimes or captains are in charge of a crew of workers/soldiers. They answer to the underboss and collect money from the workers to give to the Boss, underboss, consigliere and keeps some for himself. There can be from 2 to 20 “capos” in a family.

Soldiers are the workers, in Italian “soldati“, who earn money to give to their captain. They do what ever is asked of them by the capo or underboss and there can be 10 to 300 of them in a family.

Associates are people who work with the Mafia family, but are not members.
　
Common words and expressions:

Babbo - a soldier who is consider to be useless and expendable.
Burn - to murder (clip, do a piece of work, hit, ice, pop, whack, put a contract on)
Comare (goomah, goomar, goomatta) - a mafia member’s mistress, every wise guy has one.
Come heavy - bring a loaded gun
Earner - refers to those who bring in money to the Mafia family
Facia Bruta - Ugly face, what you call someone you dislike
Flip - one who breaks the omerta code and cooperates with authorities
Guests of the state - doing time in prison
Juice - the interest paid to a loanshark
Lam - lay low or go into hiding
Large - one thousand dollars, a grand, G
Made guy - join the family as a member; mother must be Italian
Mezza morta - half dead
Mock execution - beat someone up to the point of scaring the shit out of them
Omerta - code of silence
Pinched - to be caught by the police
Puttana - whore
Rat - a snitch
Shakedown - blackmail or scare someone into handing over money
Shy - interest charged by loan sharks
Shylock business - loan shark business
Spring cleaning - getting rid of or hiding evidence
Strunz - a piece of shit
Taste - a percentage of the take
Tax - to take a percentage of someone’s earnings
Wise guy - a made guy, member of the mafia.