spic

spic also spick  (spk)

n. Offensive Slang

Used as a disparaging term for a Hispanic person.

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[Alteration of obsolete spig, a Mexican, short for spiggoty, perhaps from an accented pronunciation of (No) speak the (English).]

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spic, spick, spik [spɪk]

n

(Social Science / Peoples) 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

[perhaps alluding to a foreigner's mispronunciation of speak]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	spic - (ethnic slur) offensive term for persons of Latin American descent spick, spik derogation, disparagement, depreciation - a communication that belittles somebody or something ethnic slur - a slur on someone's race or language jargon, lingo, patois, argot, vernacular, slang, cant - a characteristic language of a particular group (as among thieves); "they don't speak our lingo" Latin American, Latino - a native of Latin America
Adj.	1.	spic - completely neat and clean; "the apartment was immaculate"; "in her immaculate white uniform"; "a spick-and-span kitchen"; "their spic red-visored caps" immaculate, speckless, spick, spotless, spick-and-span, spic-and-span clean - free from dirt or impurities; or having clean habits; "children with clean shining faces"; "clean white shirts"; "clean dishes"; "a spotlessly clean house"; "cats are clean animals"