SPASTIC

convulsive, spasmodic, spastic

(adjective) affected by involuntary jerky muscular contractions; resembling a spasm; “convulsive motions”; “his body made a spasmodic jerk”; “spastic movements”

spastic

(adjective) suffering from spastic paralysis; “a spastic child”

spastic

(adjective) relating to or characterized by spasm; “a spastic colon”; “spastic paralysis is a spastic form of cerebral palsy”

spastic

(noun) a person suffering from spastic paralysis

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Adjective

spastic (comparative more spastic, superlative most spastic)

(pathology) Of, relating to, or affected by spasm.

(pathology) Of or relating to spastic paralysis.

(slang, pejorative, offensive in the UK) Clumsy.

(slang, pejorative, offensive in the UK) Hyperactive, excited, and acting in a random manner.

Usage notes

See the usage notes about the noun, below.

Noun

spastic (plural spastics)

(now, offensive, especially, in UK) A person affected by spastic paralysis or spastic cerebral palsy.

(slang, offensive especially, in UK) A stupid, clumsy person.

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Usage notes

The offensiveness of spastic and spaz differs considerably between the US and the UK. In the United States, the terms are usually inoffensive outside of the diability community; in the UK, they are broadly offensive and typically taken as denigrating references to those with cerebral palsy. Consequently, University of Sussex linguist Lynne Murphy has described spastic as "one of the most taboo insults to a British ear", and in a 2003 survey by the BBC it was voted the second-most offensive word relating to disability (after retard).

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Source: Wiktionary

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Spas"tic, a. Etym: [L. spasticus, Gr. spastique. See Spasm.] (Med.)

Definition: Of or pertaining to spasm; spasmodic; especially, pertaining to tonic spasm; tetanic.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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