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Spick vs Beaner - What's the difference?

spick | beaner |

As nouns the difference between spick and beaner

is that spick is a Latino/Hispanic person while beaner is a Mexican.

spick

English

Etymology 1

From a stereotypical Latino/Hispanic pronunciation of speak.

Noun

(en noun)
  • (US, derogatory, racial slur) A Latino/Hispanic person.
  • Synonyms
    * spic

    Etymology 2

    Variant of spike.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (obsolete) nail, a spike (slender piece of wood or metal, used as a fastener).
  • Derived terms

    * spick-and-span

    Anagrams

    * ----

    beaner

    English

    Etymology 1

    From . Literally "a person who eats refried beans".

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (US, racial slur, offensive) A Mexican.
  • *
  • * {{quote-book citation
  • , passage=Hey bro I'm a beaner , we ain't good at math. Jeez, dawn 'ju watch TV?}}
  • * {{quote-book, year=2005, title=
  • , passage=I'm a beaner , and I'm telling you white people, that's a bullshit number right off the bat!}}

    References

    * '>citation

    Etymology 2

    Unknown.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (baseball) A pitch deliberately thrown at the head (the bean) of the batter.
  • (by extension, informal) Head.
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  • William, title=Capturing Group Therapy Hours? citation
  • * {{quote-newsgroup, year=2004, date=30 April, author=
  • Active8 [username], title=Re: Smith Chart question beaner since I was a teen.}}'>citation
  • * 2011 , Mike Griffin, Tales of the Lost Flamingo , AuthorHouse (2011), ISBN 9781456760533, page 159:
  • Before Chester could compose himself, the Bombshell leaned over and planted a ruby red smackaroo right on top of his bald spot. Chester Cranepool had had a few things hit him on top of his head before, but nothing that felt that good. Looking like a Franciscan monk with a bullseye on his beaner , Chester simply said, “Bless you, my child.”
  • (US, slang, dated) A superior or admirable person; something excellent.
  • *
  • * {{quote-book, title=The Sunset Tree, author=Martha Ostenso, pages=106, date=1949, publisher=Dodd, Mead
  • , passage=Pride, indeed, Esther thought — that was a beaner ! There was more purse than pride in Mayme's repentant heart}}
    Usage notes
    This sense of a superior or admirable person, from U.S. baseball slang in the 1940s and 1950s, is now almost completely superseded.
    References
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