- spiggoty
- spig·go·ty
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spiggoty
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spiggoty — noun see spigotty … Useful english dictionary
Spic — is an ethnic slur used in English speaking countries for a person of Hispanic descent. Spic can be used both as a noun and an adjective, and is even used at times as a name for the Spanish language. Early usageThe term was apparently initially… … Wikipedia
spic — also spick noun Etymology: by shortening & alteration from spiggoty, of unknown origin Date: 1916 usually offensive Spanish American … New Collegiate Dictionary
List of ethnic slurs — The following is a list of ethnic slurs (ethnophaulisms) that are, or have been, used as insinuations or allegations about members of a given ethnicity or to refer to them in a derogatory (critical or disrespectful), pejorative (disapproving or… … Wikipedia
spic — /spik/, n. Slang (disparaging and offensive). a Spanish American person. Also, spik, spick. [1910 15; earlier also spig, short for spiggoty; claimed, perh. correctly, to derive from an accented pron. of (No) speak the (English)] * * * … Universalium
spic — derogatory for Latino person, 1913, from cliche protestation, No spick English. Earlier spiggoty (1910); the term is said to have originated in Panama during the canal construction. But it also was applied from an early date to Italians, and some … Etymology dictionary
spic — noun US informal, offensive a Spanish speaking person from Central or South America or the Caribbean, especially a Mexican. Origin early 20th cent.: abbrev. of US sl. spiggoty, in the same sense, of uncertain origin: perh. an alt. of speak the in … English new terms dictionary
