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Slang of the Day: Spick and span (adjective) Clean and tidy. Example: After three days of cleaning the garage, we finally had the place Spick and span. Celebrity quote: "It was everything about the home. She told us that shoes should be Spick and span, and that has remained with me. I still look at people's shoes first." -Sian Lloyd, who presents the weather on ITV Explanation: Another case of American slang taken from a foreign source. The original sixteenth century English phrase, spick and span new, had more to do with newness than cleanliness. It came from the earlier Old Norse spann-nyr which means a freshly carved chip of wood, and spik meaning spike or nail from the Dutch phrase spiksplinternieuw. The Dutch phrase was a term for a freshly built boat (fresh nails and wood). Eventually, the English term was shortened to spick and span and began to mean so clean and neat that it looked new. Do you have a favorite slang term? Become a Slang Insider! It's FREE, it's FUN! Click here to add a Slang Term Send a Slang of The Day email postcard to a friend!  [example] Join our slang of the day mailing list

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