V.V.(8) sfacim and sewer stories

[David Morris]

140.6  "sfacim"

http://web.tiscalinet.it/gravinaonline/pietre/introduzione.htm

"Friabilità e durezza, sfacimento ed eternità, queste le opposte facce di 
Gravina, città emblema della Puglia Murgiana."

"Friability and hardness, sfacimento and eternity, these the opposite faces 
of Gravina, city emblem of Puglia Murgiana."

Maybe I'm crazy, but I think when Benny says his name is "Sfacim" it means 
"shit."  Shit is closely related to decay/destruction.  I'm not Italian, so 
I'd have to defer to someone who was raised with the term as the endearing 
"spunky."

It is not in "The Alternative Italian Doctionary"
http://www.notam.uio.no/~hcholm/altlang/ht/Italian.html

Nor is it in the "Adult Italian Slang Dictionary"
http://italian.about.com/homework/italian/library/slang/bladultslangindex.htm


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