Ballad: A short narrative poem, written to be sung. They tell of love, death, the supernatural, or a combination of these. A characteristic of the ballad is incremental repetition or variation. Incremental variation repeats one or more lines with small but significant variations that advance the action.
Name[edit] The word zuppa in Italian cuisine refers to both sweet and savoury dishes. It comes from the verb inzuppare which means to dunk. As the sponge cake or Lady fingers are dipped in liqueur the dish is called Zuppa.
Googootz is an Italian term of endearment; Tony was referring to his son, AJ. Googootz is also the Italian slang for zucchini, and refers to a squash-like vegetable that Italians and Italian-Americans grow called cucuzza. Cucuzza is an Italian summer vegetable that is eaten and prepared like a zucchini. Unlike zucchini, it's not a true squash; it is a gourd. It grows long and is shaped like a cucumber. It has pale green skin and white flesh. Both flesh and seeds are edible; the skin must be peeled off.