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- [spik]
- /spɪk/
- /spɪk/
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- [spik]
- /spɪk/
Definitions of spic word
- noun spic a contemptuous term used to refer to a Spanish-American person. 1
- noun spic Spanish or Latin American person 1
- noun spic a derogatory word for a person from a Spanish-speaking country in South or Central America or a Spanish-speaking community in the US 0
- noun spic a person from a Spanish-speaking country of Latin America or from a Spanish-speaking community in the U.S. 0
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Origin of spic
First appearance:
before 1910 One of the 15% newest English words
1910-15; earlier also spig, short for spiggoty; claimed, perhaps correctly, to derive from an accented pronunciation of (No) speak the (English)
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Parts of speech for Spic
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preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
spic popularity
A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 69% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.
spic usage trend in Literature
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