speccy

1. colloquialderogatorynot comparablebespectacled

   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.

   2 more examples

   […] perhaps being taunted as "speccy" or "four eyes" or "blindy".

   1971, Ivor Felstein, A Change of Face and Figure

   You came in for a quiet pint and a speccy bigot was getting ready to hit you.

   2022, Liam McIlvanney, The Heretic, page 337

plural speccies

1. informalAustralian rules footballSynonym of spectacular mark.

   Synonyms: spectacular mark

alternative Speccie

1. informalThe Spectator, a British current-affairs magazine.

   It's a while since I wrote anything for the Speccy, so I wouldn't know.

   2007, Richard Littlejohn, Littlejohn's Britain, page 208

plural Speccies

1. UKcolloquialcomputingA Sinclair ZX Spectrum computer.

   Developers wasted no time making games for the Speccy.

   2003, Rusel DeMaria, Johnny L. Wilson, High Score!: The Illustrated History of Electronic Games

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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 ports every time.

   1991, Stuart Campbell, "The YS Top 100 Speccy Games of All Time (Ever!)" (in Your Sinclair magazine)

   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.

   1992 October, Larry Horsfield, “The SU Guide to Playing and Writing Adventure Games”, in Sinclair User, number 128