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Spec-chums

Spec-chums is the plural of Spec-chum.

Meaning of Spec-chum

Noun

Spec-chum (plural Spec-chums)

  1. (UK, slang) A user or fan of the Sinclair ZX Spectrum computer.
    • In fact it's hardly surprising that plans for downloading it onto the Speccy were received with, erm, mirth to say the very least. I must admit that I myself thought something along the lines of "R-Type? Oh yeah?" Well, Spec-chums - let me tell you something: I've never been more wrong.1989, Duncan Macdonald, R-Type (video game review in Your Sinclair issue 37, January 1989)

Questions about Spec-chums

What is Spec-chums the plural of?
Spec-chums is the plural of Spec-chum.

Words near Spec-chums in the dictionary

  1. spec'd
  2. spec'd out
  3. spec'ing
  4. spec'ing out
  5. Spec-chum
  6. Spec-chums
  7. spec.
  8. specced
  9. specced out
  10. specced up
  11. specchia

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