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by echelon 167 days ago
> specced

Totally orthogonal, but you just reminded me of a pet peeve I have.

This word is correct, but I can't stand it.

I wish we spelled this "specked", even though that has a homonym.

Like trafficked, panicked, frolicking, etc.

"specced" makes my brain wince.

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> Like trafficked, panicked, frolicking, etc.

Those aren't truncations of longer words though?

I'd write it as spec'ed but that's German grammar with ' as a truncation mark (signifying the omitted "ifi").

It's also normal English usage.
I don't think its good for formal use, but it is common.
specked means to have specks. It is an entirely different word.
Maybe spec'd