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“What am I doing in New York? I started out with a ‘giobba’ and a ‘bosso,’ but now I have my very own ‘bisinisse.’”
Let’s see if you have any idea what our Italian-American friend might be talking about here. No, it has nothing to do with botany: the Italian-American in question is actually telling his family back in Italy that he got a job (“giobba”) with a boss (“bosso”), and now he has managed to start up his own business (or “bisinisse”).