by stephanie May 20, 2004
A group of people who take an amount of money equivlent to their military spending in subsidies from the EU. Also couldnt pay for their olympics due to their finincal and industrial inetpitude.
by He who arises in might November 26, 2004
refer to two groups of people:
1) the ancient hellenes
2) modern greeks
unbeknownst or outright denied by "modern" greeks, there isn't really any relation racially between the hellenes and the "moderns". the slavic migrations between 600-800ad completely overwhelmed greece. the population of greece has always been small, even moreso during those times. constant warfare depleted the population further. the slavs managed to settle thessaly,aetolia,macedonia,thrace and the
peloponesos. virtually every major part of greece, save for boeotia(which is where dislocated albanians settled)was overrun by the slavs. to this day there are still towns with slavic etymology. the "greeks" of today are nothing more than the descendants of hellenized slavs, which was the policy of the church to gain converts, and of the byzantine empire in order to free itself from a two front war against eastern armies of islamic faith. the gene pool of the hellenes, while not completely decimated was absorbed by the slavs.
the slavs were classified as greek speaking, slav speaking, or bulgarian speaking. through the years other ethnicities were thrown into the mix: normans,venetians,romanians,turks egyptians. modern day peoples of the balkans have varying degrees of the admixture of these ethnicities, and the "greeks" are no exception.
1) the ancient hellenes
2) modern greeks
unbeknownst or outright denied by "modern" greeks, there isn't really any relation racially between the hellenes and the "moderns". the slavic migrations between 600-800ad completely overwhelmed greece. the population of greece has always been small, even moreso during those times. constant warfare depleted the population further. the slavs managed to settle thessaly,aetolia,macedonia,thrace and the
peloponesos. virtually every major part of greece, save for boeotia(which is where dislocated albanians settled)was overrun by the slavs. to this day there are still towns with slavic etymology. the "greeks" of today are nothing more than the descendants of hellenized slavs, which was the policy of the church to gain converts, and of the byzantine empire in order to free itself from a two front war against eastern armies of islamic faith. the gene pool of the hellenes, while not completely decimated was absorbed by the slavs.
the slavs were classified as greek speaking, slav speaking, or bulgarian speaking. through the years other ethnicities were thrown into the mix: normans,venetians,romanians,turks egyptians. modern day peoples of the balkans have varying degrees of the admixture of these ethnicities, and the "greeks" are no exception.
by Agema March 25, 2007
by Danny Provalone March 12, 2003
a person either born in greece or of greek descent. fond of foods like gyros, souvlaki, tiropita, spanikopita, etc. usually most alcoholic consumption comes from ouzo. Almost all Greeks or Greek-Americans are Greek Orthodox, and have strong values on the importance of family.Most greek americans will still call their grandmother "YiaYia" and their Grandfather "Papou" Most greeks are extrememly proud of the great thinks the ancient greeks have done, such as democracy, philosophy, ancient military tactics, etc. Mostly have a strong dislike for people from Turkey, due to the several wars between the two countries. Many young male Greeks in the NYC area self identify with the Italian Guido lifestyle because of the many similarities between the two cultures (family, food, meditterranean lifesyle, pride of the cultures, etc.) with clothes like armani exchange and gelled hair. Many of these Greek guidos live in Astoria, Queens. Greek-Americans usually connect very well with other "patriotis" or fellow greeks. Some typical male greek names are Yiannis (john) Yiorgos (George) Constantinos (Gus) Xristos or Christos (Chris) and with last names that end in "os", "as", or "is". Most Greek males greatly value masculinity. All around greeks are very kind and proud people.
by the sleek greek August 28, 2006
People from Greece or are Greek- American
have the longest ass last names you will ever here
Love to have a good time, drink, party, and surprisingly go to church aswell.
Hard working, and hate slackers.
put and includes family before everything
have the longest ass last names you will ever here
Love to have a good time, drink, party, and surprisingly go to church aswell.
Hard working, and hate slackers.
put and includes family before everything
Hey Maria Pappasziotolopous can I come to your party on Saturday?
Yea Jim, all my yiayias 2nd cousins and uncles will be there too! :D
it's alright I love Greeks!
Yea Jim, all my yiayias 2nd cousins and uncles will be there too! :D
it's alright I love Greeks!
by chrisandchristinaaswellascarol July 28, 2009
A person from the country Greece.
Used as a slang term for anal sex.
Used to express your lack of knowledge of a certain topic.
Used as a slang term for anal sex.
Used to express your lack of knowledge of a certain topic.
I'm Greek and I come from a country named Greece.
I was with a girl last night and she wanted me to do it Greek with her.
Everything you're saying is Greek to me.
I was with a girl last night and she wanted me to do it Greek with her.
Everything you're saying is Greek to me.
by King_John December 05, 2003