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Spic and Span
Spic and Span is a major U.S. brand of all-purpose household cleaner. In America, the cleaning product is called Spic 'n' Span. The product is owned by Prestige Brands, which markets it for consumer use. Former owner Procter & Gamble markets Spic and Span for commercial use.
==Etymology==
The phrase "span-new" meant as new as a freshly cut wood chip, such as those once used to make spoons. In a metaphor dating from at least 1300, something span-new was neat and unstained.
Spick was added in the 16th century, as a spick (a spike or nail) was another metaphor for something neat and trim. The British phrase may have evolved from the Dutch ''spiksplinter nieuw'', "spike-splinter new".〔(Online Etymology Dictionary ). Accessed 2007-01-16.〕 In 1665, Samuel Pepys used spicke and span in his famous diary. The "clean" sense appears to have arisen only recently.〔(Take Our Word for It ) June 21, 1999, Issue 45 of etymology webzine. Accessed 2007-01-16.〕
The word spic can be a derogatory term for a person of Latino descent, and "spic and span" has been used to ridicule mixed-race couples of African American and Puerto Rican origin.〔Jonathon Green, "Spic and span", ''The Cassell Dictionary of Slang'' (1998) p. 390.〕 In 1999, the Mexican-American organization LatinosUSA organized a boycott of Spic 'n' Span.
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