speccy

See also: Speccy

English

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Etymology 1

From spec (“spectacles”) +‎ -ie.

Adjective

speccy (not comparable)

1. (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

From spec (“spectacular”) +‎ -ie.

Noun

speccy (plural speccies)

1. (Australian rules football, informal) Synonym of spectacular mark