Spock
pronunciation
How to pronounce Spock in British English:
UK 
How to pronounce Spock in American English:
US
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- Noun:
- United States pediatrician whose many books on child care influenced the upbringing of children around the world (1903-1998)
Word Origin
- Spock
- half-alien character in the "Star Trek" U.S. entertainment franchise, developed and named 1964 by series creator Gene Roddenberry, who later said he was searching for an alien-sounding word and not thinking of U.S. physician and child-care specialist Benjamin M. Spock (1903-1998), whose name is of Dutch origin. The doctor wrote the enormously popular "Common Sense Book of Baby and Child Care" (1946) and is the source of the first element in Spock-marked (1967), defined in OED as "(Adversely) affected by an upbringing held to be in accordance with the principles of Dr. Spock ...."
Example
- 1. I particularly like the way that spock uses tags .
- 2. That morning we had a farewell ceremony for spock .
- 3. That 's just the negative part , mr. spock .
- 4. Both wink and spock have other interesting features .
- 5. This is useful , particularly as both wink and spock results also turn up in general web search results , such as google .