spic
Synonym of Latino, an inhabitant of Latin America or person of Latin American descentSynonym of Latino, an inhabitant of Latin America or person of Latin American descent.
» The flat was spic and span.
Die Wohnung war picobello.
Значение
значений: 2(США, пренебрежительное, ethnic, оскорбительное, slur)Synonym of Latino, an inhabitant of Latin America or person of Latin American descent.
(ethnic slur) offensive term for persons of Latin American descent
(США, ethnic, slur, нечастое)Synonym of Italian, an inhabitant of Italy or person of Italian descent.
Примеры
предложений: 2The flat was spic and span.
deDie Wohnung war picobello. — Luiaard
The kitchen is spic and span.
Происхождение
First attested in this spelling in the 1910s, from earlier spig, spiggoty, spikity, generaFirst 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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