Meaning of the word "Omerta"

[EvilVince]

Omerta means a code word for silence in certain circles of organized crime. Thought you all may be interested in that. I just found a website that has tons of song lyrics posted and you can add a comment about the song meaning. There's tons of Katatonia songs on there... here's the URL -
http://www.songmeanings.net/artist.php?aid=8120

 

[FatefuL]

interesting site.

 

[requiem]

That's what I've been going on about for a while now.

It's a word used primarily in mafia communities for the people to keep their mouths closed about the criminal activity.

So yeah, no theme in 'Viva Emptiness'.... !

 

[burton]

Yeah, I've been going to that site for a year or so. Great stuff there.

 

[Argyle]

Interesting site. Unfortunately a lot of shit included too. People don't comment on the lyrics, but on the band in general. But it's a huge site so moderation would probably be too hard to do.

System of a Down's Chop Suey has over 500 posts to it... Someones been overanalyzing?

 

[Anthony]

Omerta means a code word for silence in certain circles of organized crime. Thought you all may be interested in that.

Knew that shit from a book of Paolo Koel'o(hope i wrote that right)

 

[Aaron A.]

My Italian friend told me what it meant when I sent him the song. Haha.

^_^

 

[Illnath]

I knew that from the pc-game: Mafia

 

[Aaron A.]

I knew that from the pc-game: Mafia

Is that game good? It looks pretty fun.

 

[burton]

I looked it up on Dictionary.com. =D

 

[FatefuL]

someone has already said it around here i think.. anyway.. I readed it somewhere.