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spacko
English
Noun
spacko (plural spackos)
- (Britain slang, derogatory) Synonym of spack (“clumsy, foolish, or mentally deficient person”)
- 2015, Paul Giannasi, ?Robina Shah, Tackling Disability Discrimination and Disability Hate Crime
- They pushed him in and began shouting at him: 'We don't want any 'Spackos' living here.'
- 2015, Paul Giannasi, ?Robina Shah, Tackling Disability Discrimination and Disability Hate Crime
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spack
English
Etymology
Possibly a contraction of spastic (as a term of abuse).
Pronunciation
Noun
spack (plural spacks)
- (Britain slang, derogatory) A clumsy, foolish, or mentally deficient person.
- Synonyms: spacko, spaz
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:spack.
Derived terms
- spack attack
Related terms
- spacko
- spacka
- spacker
- spaz
- spastic
Anagrams
- packs
German
Etymology
From Middle Low German spak (“thin, dry, brittle”) from spake (“brushwood”). Or from rare Middle Low German spak (“tame, calm”) from an unknown source.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?pak/, [?pak?]
- Rhymes: -ak
Adjective
spack (comparative spacker, superlative am spacksten)
- (regional, Northern Germany, usually of people) thin, scrawny (having an unusually low amount of both muscle and fat)
- (regional, Northern Germany, of wood) dry, brittle
Declension
Related terms
- Spacken
Further reading
- “spack” in Duden online
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