spic
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It's a recognised English word, but it isn't in the official NASPA Scrabble word list.
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Definition of spic
2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included
noun
- (US, derogatory, ethnic, offensive, slur)Synonym of Latino, an inhabitant of Latin America or person of Latin American descent.
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noun
- (US, derogatory, ethnic, offensive, slur)Synonym of Latino, an inhabitant of Latin America or person of Latin American descent.
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(US, ethnic, slur, uncommon)Synonym of Italian, an inhabitant of Italy or person of Italian descent.
““He’s a spic” he said. He was frantic with jealousy, he didn’t want to be hurt again.”
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Etymology
First attested in this spelling in the 1910s, from earlier spig, spiggoty, spikity, generally taken to derive from a (stereotype of a) Hispanic pronunciation of "(no) speak d(e) English" (especially…
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First attested in this spelling in the 1910s, from earlier spig, spiggoty, spikity, generally taken to derive from a (stereotype of a) Hispanic pronunciation of "(no) speak d(e) English" (especially as used by the laborers who dug the Panama Canal). There are also later (1960s) suggestions that the term referred instead to Italians and derives from spaghetti, but there is little to back this up.
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