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  • An Italian slang term for buttock stabbing – usually associated with soccer fans in Rome. Reporting ahead of the Champions League soccer final in Rome, the BBC described a curious form of Italian soccer hooliganism – buttock stabbing:

    The practice even has its own slang name in the local Roman dialect - “puncicate.�? But why is the backside targeted?

    According to those who have researched the subject, a stab wound in the buttocks may be chosen as it is seen as not likely to be life-threatening, but is humiliating and painful for the victim.

    June 7, 2009

  • Puncicate = plural of puncicata.

    June 7, 2009