speccy glasses
- noun
- UK
- Many teenagers now choose speccy glasses even if they don't need prescription lenses.
Examples
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Her new speccy glasses gave her outfit a quirky edge.
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Those speccy glasses are really trendy right now!
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He wore his speccy glasses to the party and got several compliments.
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She wore a pair of speccy glasses that matched her outfit.
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He wore his speccy glasses to the party and got several compliments.
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Her new speccy glasses gave her outfit a quirky edge.
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Many teenagers now choose speccy glasses even if they don't need prescription lenses.
Synonyms
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2.0
A pair of lenses in a frame that you wear on your nose and ears to help you see
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6.9
A pair of glasses you wear to help you see
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4.2
Something you wear on your face to help you see
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9.6
Glasses you wear to help you see or read
Antonyms
- Offensive
A pair of large, old-fashioned glasses that make a person look awkward or nerdy
How Stylish
Surface Forms
Morphology
speccy + glasses
The adjective 'speccy' is informal/dialectal and appears derived from 'specs'/'spectacles', so there is a recognizable morphological link to 'glasses' that a learner could partly infer. However, the evaluative sense 'stylish/fashionable' and the slangy form are not fully predictable or standard, and may be unfamiliar to a B1 learner, making the expression only partially transparent.
Etymology
The phrase speccy glasses may come from people shortening 'spectacles' to 'specs' and then saying speccy as a friendly word for noticeable glasses. Because this paints the picture of someone proudly wearing eye-catching frames, speccy glasses now means 'stylish' or 'a fashion statement'.