🤓 Wears glasses 🌟 Very impressive 🏉 A great catch

specky

1 9.8

Used to describe a very impressive and exciting sports play

adjective

Australian

: espectacular

The footballer's specky goal was the highlight of the match and thrilled the crowd.

Examples

That was a specky catch—one of the best I've ever seen.
Everyone cheered after her specky performance in the final round.
That was a specky goal!
His performance was truly specky last night.
The footballer's specky goal was the highlight of the match and thrilled the crowd.
Everyone cheered after her specky performance in the final round.
That was a specky catch—one of the best I've ever seen.

Synonyms

spectacular

vsspecky

289 3.5

Very impressive and exciting to look at

is used especially in Australian sports to praise a play or goal

splendiferous

vsspecky

4 9.9

Very beautiful and impressive, like at a big party

is casual sports praise rather than ornate or antique sounding admiration

killerly impressive

vsspecky

Slang

9.3

Very exciting and surprising to see

is strong praise often used for excellent plays but not always the utter extreme

How Impressive

specky

Australian

1 9.8

spectacular

289 3.5

impressive

634 3.4

great

∞ 1.0

good

∞ 1.0

Surface Forms

specky positive

Morphology

specky = spec (semi-transparent) = spec + y

The form appears to be built on the clipped slang base 'spec' with -y, so the link to 'spectacular' is noticeable but not fully standard.

Etymology

Specky in Australian English comes from spectacle or spectacular, words that mean 'a great show' or 'very impressive'. So to call something specky is to say it is striking or very impressive.