#6: Gabagool Became a Language
Few dramas turned food into character development as effectively as The Sopranos. Gabagool, baked ziti, cold cuts, sfogliatelle, Sunday gravy, and Carmela’s elaborate meals constantly appear around arguments, betrayals, and negotiations. Online, those foods became shorthand for the show itself. Saying “gabagool” can function like quoting an entire fandom. Food also softens the gangster mythology: these intimidating men repeatedly become distracted by sandwiches. Their appetites make them ridiculous, domestic, culturally specific, and instantly memeable online.
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