spastic

Etymology
, from. . Compare 🇨🇬 and see also.

Adjective

 * 1)  Of, relating to, or affected by spasm.
 * 2)  Of or relating to spastic paralysis.
 * 3)  Clumsy and stupid.
 * 4)  Hyperactive, excited, and acting in a random manner.

Usage notes
See the usage notes about the noun, below.

Translations

 * Danish: krampagtig
 * Finnish: spastinen, kouristuksellinen; kouristuksenomainen
 * French:
 * German:
 * Italian:
 * Polish:
 * Russian:
 * Sicilian: spàsticu
 * Swedish:


 * Danish: spastisk
 * Finnish: spastinen
 * French: ,
 * German:
 * Italian:
 * Polish:
 * Sicilian: spàsticu
 * Swedish:


 * Finnish: ,


 * Finnish: tempoileva

Noun

 * 1)  A person affected by spastic paralysis or spastic cerebral palsy.
 * 2)  A stupid, clumsy person.

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 disability community; in the UK and Ireland, they are broadly offensive and typically taken as denigrating references to those with cerebral palsy. Consequently, 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 ).

Translations

 * Danish: spastiker
 * Finnish: spastikko
 * Russian:
 * Swedish:


 * Finnish:
 * Polish:

Etymology
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