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See also: späck
English
Etymology
Possibly a contraction of spastic (as a term of abuse).
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Audio (General Australian): (file)
Noun
spack (plural spacks)
- (UK, slang, derogatory, offensive) A person with cerebral palsy.
- (UK, slang, derogatory, offensive) An incompetent or physically uncoordinated person.
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:spack.
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German
Etymology
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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Adjective
spack (strong nominative masculine singular spacker, comparative spacker, superlative am spacksten)
- (regional, Northern Germany, usually of people) thin, scrawny (having an unusually low amount of both muscle and fat)
- 1912, Gerhart Hauptmann, Gabriel Schillings Flucht:
- 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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- (regional, Northern Germany, of wood) dry, brittle
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