speccy
See also: Speccy
English
editPronunciation
editEtymology 1
editFrom spec (“spectacles”) + -ie.
Adjective
editspeccy (not comparable)
- (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
editFrom spec (“spectacular”) + -ie.
Noun
editspeccy (plural speccies)
- (Australian rules football, informal) Synonym of spectacular mark