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Bespectacled vs Speccy - What's the difference?

bespectacled | speccy |

As adjectives the difference between bespectacled and speccy

is that bespectacled is wearing spectacles (glasses) while speccy is (pejorative) bespectacled.

bespectacled

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Wearing spectacles (glasses).
  • * 1917 , , Jerry of the Islands , ch. 24,
    • The Commissioner, ascetic-looking, an Oxford graduate, narrow-shouldered and elderly, tired-eyed and bespectacled like the scholar he was, like the scientist he was, shrugged his shoulders.
  • * 2002 , Steven Barclay, A Place in the World Called Paris , page 149
    • The choristers were as bespectacled' as the audience. Are Protestants more ' bespectacled than Catholics because of too much Bible reading?

    Synonyms

    * spectacled

    Related terms

    * spectacles

    speccy

    English

    Noun

    (Speccies)
  • A computer.
  • * 1991 , Your Sinclair magazine
    • 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.
  • * 1992 , Larry Horsfield, The SU Guide to Playing and Writing Adventure Games'' (in ''Sinclair User magazine, issue 128, October 1992)
    • 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.
  • * 1998', "Bongo", ''Emulation under threat (yes, '''Speccies too)'' (on newsgroup ''comp.sys.sinclair )
  • * 2003 , Rusel DeMaria, Johnny L. Wilson, High Score!: The Illustrated History of Electronic Games
    • Developers wasted no time making games for the Speccy .