| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| spic |
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| PRONUNCIATION: |
 sp k |
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also spick |
| NOUN: |
Offensive Slang Used as a disparaging term for a Hispanic person. |
| ETYMOLOGY: |
Alteration of obsolete spig, a Mexican, short for spiggoty, perhaps from an accented pronunciation of (No) speak the (English). |
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