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In some senses, speccy is marked as informal, derogatory, UK, colloquial. Watch for register when choosing this word.
speccy
noun 2name 1adj 1
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2VERB + SPECCY
called, taunted
SPECCY + NOUN
bigot, four-eyes, version
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name
1
The Spectator, a British current-affairs magazine.
It's a while since I wrote anything for the Speccy, so I wouldn't know.
noun
1
A Sinclair ZX Spectrum computer.
TETRIS (Mirrorsoft) Yes, it's the game that makes Amiga and ST owners look at your Spectrum with real jealousy, 'cos the Speccy version of this classic Russian reaction-tester out performs the 16-bit ports every time.
Before you sit down in front of your Speccy to play an adventure, equip yourself with a pencil, eraser and plenty of paper. This so that you may draw a 'map' of the adventure as you move around.
adj
1
bespectacled
[…] 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.
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It's a while since I wrote anything for the Speccy, so I wouldn't know.
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TETRIS (Mirrorsoft) Yes, it's the game that makes Amiga and ST owners look at your Spectrum with real jealousy, 'cos the Speccy version of this classic Russian reaction-tester out performs the 16-bit
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Before you sit down in front of your Speccy to play an adventure, equip yourself with a pencil, eraser and plenty of paper. This so that you may draw a 'map' of the adventure as you move around.
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[…] perhaps being taunted as "speccy" or "four eyes" or "blindy".
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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
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You came in for a quiet pint and a speccy bigot was getting ready to hit you.
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