spic

or spik, spick

[ spik ]

nounSlang: Extremely Disparaging and Offensive.
  1. a contemptuous term used to refer to a Spanish American person.

Origin of spic

1
First recorded in 1910–15; earlier also spig, short for spiggoty, probably derived from an accented pronunciation of (No) speak the (English)

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How to use spic in a sentence

  • He was tall and handsome, and as spic and span as a new pin till you came to look under the surface.

    A Bid for Fortune | Guy Boothby
  • This youth was spic-and-span from the Military Academy, with a top-dressing of three months' thoughtful travel in Germany.

British Dictionary definitions for spic

spic

spick or spik

/ (spɪk) /


noun
  1. US slang a derogatory word for a person from a Spanish-speaking country in South or Central America or a Spanish-speaking community in the US

Origin of spic

1
C20: perhaps alluding to a foreigner's mispronunciation of speak

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