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Spocking

Spocking noun: the practice of defacing certain editions of the Canadian five-dollar banknote, using ink to alter Sir Wilfrid Laurier's features to resemble the character Spock from Star Trek. Also the present participle and gerund of Spock.

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Noun

Spocking (uncountable)

  1. (Canada, slang) The practice of defacing certain editions of the Canadian five-dollar banknote, using ink to alter Sir Wilfrid Laurier's features to resemble the character Spock from Star Trek.

Also used as

Spocking is also the present participle and gerund of Spock.

Origin of Spocking

From Spock + -ing.

Questions about Spocking

What does Spocking mean?
Spocking means the practice of defacing certain editions of the Canadian five-dollar banknote, using ink to alter Sir Wilfrid Laurier's features to resemble the character Spock from Star Trek.
What part of speech is Spocking?
Spocking is a noun.

Words near Spocking in the dictionary

  1. Spock Generation
  2. Spock-marked
  3. Spocked
  4. Spockery
  5. Spockian
  6. Spocking
  7. Spockish
  8. Spockism
  9. Spocks
  10. spod
  11. spodded

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