spabook

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Etymology

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Modification of spook (definition #5) using Ubbi dubbi

Noun

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spabook (plural spabooks)

  1. A mildly insulting term for an African-American, especially one perceived as lower-class or uncouth, the word was supposedly defined by Michael Jackson.
    • 2003, Reuters, The 44-year-old singer sometimes refers to black people as "spabooks," the magazine said:
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