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comparative more spastic, superlative most spastic
(pathology) Of, relating to, or affected by spasm.
(pathology) Of or relating to spastic paralysis.
(slang, derogatory, offensive in the UK) Clumsy and stupid.
(slang, derogatory, offensive in the UK) Hyperactive, excited, and acting in a random manner. quotations
The camera cuts from "Anton" and his fellow underwear-clad protestors to show a carnival ride in a parking lot, which the protestors have apparently mistaken for an oil rig. The protest then devolves into spastic dascing and ends with several arrests.
2018, Nicole Seymour, Bad Environmentalism, page 182
plural spastics
(now offensive, especially in UK) A person affected by spastic paralysis or spastic cerebral palsy. examples
(slang, derogatory, offensive especially in UK) A stupid, clumsy person. quotations
‘Oi, Fleming, you spastic. Guess who I knobbed last night?’
1995, Nick Hornby, High Fidelity, London: Victor Gollancz, page 17
Jed Maxwell: See you next week then. We'll have that pint.Alan Partridge: Yep.Jed Maxwell: ...go and see my brother.Alan Partridge: No way, you big spastic! You're a mentalist!
1997 December 1, Peter Baynham, Steve Coogan, Armando Iannucci, “To Kill a Mocking Alan”, in I'm Alan Partridge