offensive terms for persons of Latin American descent

Spic (also spelled spik, spick, or spig) is an offensive ethnic slur used in the United States and occasionally in the United Kingdomhttp://www.thesun.co.uk/article/0,,2007040816,00.html for a person from Latin America or of Latino/Hispanic descent, sometimes including Spanish and Brazilian persons. The term is generally not capitalized. Spic can be used both as a noun and an adjective, and is even used at times as a name for the Spanish language.

referring to a spike (of flowers) ("spicatus" "spicant" / "spiculifolia" = "spiked leaf")

completely neat and clean; "the apartment was immaculate"; "in her immaculate white uniform"; "a spick-and-span kitchen"; "their spic red-visored caps"

a spike or nail, and a span is a chip

Southern Petrochemical Industries Corporation Ltd., or SPIC, is an Indian company that makes petrochemicals. Its core competency is its fertilizer portfolio. It also has operations in the areas of power, oil and natural gas, pharmaceuticals, and biotechnology applications in agriculture.

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