spastic

IPA: spˈæstɪk

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

(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.

Examples of "spastic" in Sentences

I said this already but was called a spastic (something the mod's didn't give a warning for).
The word spastic is used differently depending on location which has led to some controversy and misunderstanding.
Yeah, spastic, is a word that they have been trying to phaze out is generally linked with people that have mental conditions.
Why Robert Bresson didn't keep the pathetic Jerry Lewis wannabe from staggering around like a spastic is a mystery that may never be solved.
His current project is to claim back the word spastic, "in the same way black people and gay and lesbian people have reclaimed negative language that was used about them".
In India the word spastic is used without negative connotations, with The Spastics Society of India being India’s most noted non-profit and a non-governmental organization NGO, working for Neuro-Muscular and Developmental Disabilities.
And more than that, Miles, it does really offend those people who are disabled and who have cerebral palsy, because it refers to their very serious condition, and being spastic, which is a very serious form and a reaction to having the cerebral palsy.