spastic

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin spasticus, from Ancient Greek σπαστικός (spastikós, “drawing in”). By surface analysis, spasm + -tic. Compare French spastique and see also spasm.

adj

  1. (pathology) Of, relating to, or affected by spasm.
  2. (pathology) Of or relating to spastic paralysis.
  3. (slang, derogatory, offensive in the UK) Clumsy and stupid.
  4. (slang, derogatory, offensive in the UK) Hyperactive, excited, and acting in a random manner.

noun

  1. (now offensive, especially in UK) A person affected by spastic paralysis or spastic cerebral palsy.
  2. (slang, derogatory, offensive especially in UK) A stupid, clumsy person.
    Jed Maxwell: See you next week then. We'll have that pint. Alan Partridge: Yep. Jed Maxwell: ...go and see my brother. December 1, 1997, Peter Baynham, Steve Coogan, Armando Iannucci, “To Kill a Mocking Alan”, in I'm Alan Partridge

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