Meaning & use
spic
An extremely offensive ethnic slur used to insult people of Hispanic or Latino origin.
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The word spic is a deeply offensive slur that has no acceptable use in conversation.
Textbooks discussing discrimination sometimes cite spic as an example of anti-Hispanic hate speech.
A note on using this word
This is a highly offensive racial slur; it should never be used and appears here only for reference.
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