spigotty

noun

spig·​ot·​ty

variants or spiggoty

-ətē,

-ətē,

-i

plural -es

dated slang, disparaging + offensive

: spic

Word History

Etymology

probably from the broken English utterance no speaka de English (meaning "I don't speak English") supposed to be much used by Spanish Americans

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