See also: späck

English

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Etymology

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Possibly a contraction of spastic (as a term of abuse).

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Noun

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spack (plural spacks)

  1. (UK, slang, derogatory, offensive) A person with cerebral palsy.
  2. (UK, slang, derogatory, offensive) A clumsy, foolish, or mentally deficient person.
    Synonyms: spacko, spaz
    You spilt beer on your shirt, you spack!

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German

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Middle Low German spak (thin, dry, brittle) from spake (brushwood). Or from rare Middle Low German spak (tame, calm) from an unknown source.

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spack (strong nominative masculine singular spacker, comparative spacker, superlative am spacksten)

  1. (regional, Northern Germany, usually of people) thin, scrawny (having an unusually low amount of both muscle and fat)
    • 1912, Gerhart Hauptmann, Gabriel Schillings Flucht[1]:
      Wirklich, du siehst ausgezeichnet aus. Etwas spack natürlich, das macht die Stadt; aber wie du daherkamst, mit Jünglingsschritten, da sahst du wie 'n mittlerer Zwanziger aus.
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  2. (regional, Northern Germany, of wood) dry, brittle

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Further reading

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  • spack” in Duden online
  • spack” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache