Green’s Dictionary of Slang

general excl. as imported by southern Italy immigrants and their descendants, ‘Mother of God!’, ‘For crying out loud!’, ’What in the world?’, etc.

1964

H. Selby Jr. Last Exit to Brooklyn 283: YA CRAZY FUCK I/LL BREAK YA FUCKIN LEGS. VINNIE SHOOK HIS HAND IN MARYS FACE THEN TURNED AWAY AND SLAPPED HIS FOREHEAD, MARONE AME, WHATTA IDIOT [...] YA FUCKIN STUPID. MARONE AME, SHAKING HIS HAND IN FRONT OF HIM.