From a slang term to a neologism included in the prestigious vocabulary of the Italian language Treccani
This is the new life of the term “piece, Iby word, symbol of a practice of television piracy, That indicates a particular decoder used to illegally access the contents of Italian and foreign pay TV channels, synonymous with counterfeit objects through the jargon of the underworld and the lexicon of youth.
Its diffusion and acceptance in a common language highlights an important social and cultural dimension, linked to the world of communication and entertainment.
And so, aTreccani also deals with that undergrowth of piracy in which the “pezzotto” hides, to combat which new important sanctions are about to be introduced – welcoming the neologism into its online vocabulary: a diminutive of “pezzo”, born in the Neapolitan and local Italian dialect.
In recent times it has become synonymous with counterfeit goods.
Treccani vocabulary (Treccani)
