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Spik

noun
1.
(ethnic slur) offensive term for persons of Latin American descent.  Synonyms: spic, spick.






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"Spik" Quotes from Famous Books



... later on gurgled thickly. "Vot for Madame Sayther mak visitation to thees country? More better you spik wit her. I know no t'ing 'tall, only all de tam her ask one man's name. 'Pierre,' her spik wit me; 'Pierre, you moos' find thees mans, and I gif you mooch—one thousand dollar you find thees mans.' Thees mans? Ah, oui. ...
— The God of His Fathers • Jack London

... to school on de Mission, two years at Fort MacPherson. I learn to spik de Englis'. My fadder, heem Englis', but I'm never see heem. Many years ago he com' in de beeg boat dat com' for ketch de whale an' got lock in de ice in de Bufort Sea. In de spring de boat go 'way, an' my fadder go 'long, too. He tell my modder he com' back nex' winter. Dat many years ago—nineteen ...
— The Gun-Brand • James B. Hendryx

... 'Do not spik sooch t'eeng as dthat! Ay, di mi! Je-Maria-mi Cristo! Jesu, muy dolce y poquito! Dhat mek heem arrrrrrive dthat eenstant, ...
— Red Saunders' Pets and Other Critters • Henry Wallace Phillips



Words linked to "Spik" :   vernacular, lingo, patois, ethnic slur, jargon, cant, slang, Latino, argot, depreciation, derogation, disparagement, Latin American



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