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spick

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spic.
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spic

  [spik] ,
–noun Slang: Disparaging and Offensive.
a Spanish-American person.
Also, spik, spick.

Origin:
1910–15; earlier also spig, short for spiggoty; claimed, perh. correctly, to derive from an accented pron. of (No) speak the (English)
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spic also spick   (spĭk)   
n.   Offensive Slang
Used as a disparaging term for a Hispanic person.

[Alteration of obsolete spig, a Mexican, short for spiggoty, perhaps from an accented pronunciation of (No) speak the (English).]
spick   (spĭk)   
n.   Offensive Slang
Variant of spic.
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Word Origin & History

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 have suggested an alteration of spaghetti.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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