Cool Italian - Family

These contain some examples of vulgar language.

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Papi or Paparino (*) A diminutive of papa used by children or used jokingly by 'older' children when they want something from their father.
Mami or Mammina (*) Diminutive of mamma. Same use as papi when dealing with mother.

I miei (*) Lit. Mine, short for I miei genitori or I miei familiari, my parents or my family.

Mio frate/Mia sora (*) Short for mio fratello, my brother, and mia sorella, my sister.

Il mio moroso/La mia morosa (**) My boyfriend/My girlfriend.

Suocera Mother-in-law. Used also to indicate someone annoying, nagging:
Non fare la suocera (**) Don't be such a mother-in-law.

Il mio ex/La mia ex (*) My ex (often referred to as il bastardo!)

I parenti The relatives. There's a rather unpleasant rhyme that says:
Parenti serpenti (**) Relatives are snakes.