speccy
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See also: Speccy
English[edit]
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Etymology 1[edit]
From spec (“spectacles”) + -ie.
Adjective[edit]
speccy (not comparable)
- (colloquial, derogatory) bespectacled
- 1971, Ivor Felstein, A Change of Face and Figure:
- […] perhaps being taunted as "speccy" or "four eyes" or "blindy".
- 2004, Bennett-Levy et al, Oxford Guide to Behavioural Experiments in Cognitive Therapy
- Her schoolmates called her "speccy four-eyes" and hid her glasses. She grew up feeling there was something wrong with her as a person.
- 2022, Liam McIlvanney, The Heretic, page 337:
- You came in for a quiet pint and a speccy bigot was getting ready to hit you.
Etymology 2[edit]
From spec (“spectacular”) + -ie.
Noun[edit]
speccy (plural speccies)
- (Australian rules football, informal) Synonym of spectacular mark