rompiscatole

Italian

Etymology

Compound of rompi (“you break”, in the infinitive rompere) +‎ scatole (“boxes”), the latter word replacing coglioni or palle (“balls”). See rompicoglioni and rompipalle.

Noun

rompiscatole m, f (invariable)

  1. (euphemistic) A nuisance, a bother, a pain in the neck, referring to a person.
    Synonyms: rompicazzo, rompicoglioni, rompipalle, scassapalle, spaccamaroni
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