What They Mean With 'spec' When Talking About A Girl ?

[ManilaLover]

I know 'spec' is used for 'specification' or 'technical details' about a producs, but this something else I guess..

When talking about a girl the woman asked me 'no spec ?'

I said 'huh ?'

[Bakeman]

If you were in a pub perhaps she was asking why you didt want the SPECIAL?

[ManilaLover]

If you were in a pub perhaps she was asking why you didt want the SPECIAL?

I never go to pubs (all those farangs) but if you really wanna know it was the owner of the local dogfood shop.

[bannork]

She meant didn't the girl match your specifications of an attractive girl, ie was she not your sort of girl.

[ManilaLover]

She meant didn't the girl match your specifications of an attractive girl, ie was she not your sort of girl.

Hahahihihurrrrp..... indeed I opted for another model

[eTiMaGo]

spec = specifications... height, hair, eyes, cuteness factor, bitchy factor, etc... basically your ideal...

[bangla]

no spec.. no glasses ?

[Tod Daniels]

I believe it is indeed contemporary thai slang (i.e.: spoken by people usually under 30 y/o). Actually nothing more than the shortening of the english word "specification" into a thai word; although it's pronounced more like 'sa-bek' than the word spec would be pronounced in engrish. In the context you refer to it denotes someone who is your style, or matches a set of criteria you have when gauging attractiveness and/or compatibility in the opposite sex (or same sex, if that's your penchant ).

While I have heard it used mostly by 'time-share' or 'rent-2-own' gurls and their clientele in the nefarious nite life districts; in talking to my thai language teachers (uni-girls in their mid to late 20's) they said it is now a quite commonly used term.

It may be spelled like this สเปก, as it turned up quite a few hits using Google Thailand. The first hit I got was this sentence; คำถามทายใจ ถอดรหัสสเปกคนพิเศษ, which I think says something along the lines of ; "A question to predict the heart and decipher the spec of a special person".

FWIW; it was on this website; http://happy.teenee.com/quiz/flashquiz/54

That would certainly lend credence to my thai teachers’ assertions that it is wide spread in usage with younger thais when used in the context the O/P posted about; although most of the Google hits were about specifications of P/C's, gaming platforms, and other electronic devices. Quite surprising, NONE of the hits mentioned dog food. ..

[hiero]

In the usual context it's used i've just taken เสเปกอยู่อะไร (spec yoo arai) as a teenage/colloquial way of saying คุณชอบผู้หญิงแบบไหน - koon chawp poo ying baeb nai. 'Those' kind of girls do use it a lot, you can motion to a 60 year old fat falang and just say 'sabek' to get a laugh.