spabook

English

Etymology

Modification of spook (definition #5) using Ubbi dubbi

Noun

spabook (plural spabooks)

1. A mildly insulting term for an African-American, especially one perceived as lower-class or uncouth, the word was supposedly defined by Michael Jackson.
   • 2003, Reuters, The 44-year-old singer sometimes refers to black people as "spabooks," the magazine said: