cocaine

The speaker grew up in an Italian family and noticed that they all had a single long nail on their pinky finger. They were told that it was for picking their nose, and they believed this until their co-workers informed them that it's actually a "coke nail." I grew up in an Italian family. When I was about 10, 14 years old, I asked why they had a single long nail on their hand, and more specifically, the pinky. They all told me it was because it made picking their nose easier. I believed this into my late 20s, till one day my co-workers informed me that it's a coke nail. Then it all made sense.