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Spastic vs Flaccid - What's the difference?

spastic | flaccid |

As adjectives the difference between spastic and flaccid

is that spastic is of, relating to, or affected by spasm while flaccid is flabby.

As a noun spastic

is a person affected by spastic paralysis or spastic cerebral palsy.

spastic

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • (pathology) Of, relating to, or affected by spasm.
  • (pathology) Of or relating to spastic paralysis.
  • (slang, pejorative) Clumsy.
  • (slang, pejorative) Hyperactive, excited, and acting in a random manner.

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • A person affected by spastic paralysis or spastic cerebral palsy.
  • (slang, offensive) A stupid, clumsy person.
  • * I'm Alan Partridge'' (TV series), ''To Kill a Mocking Alan
    • 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!

    Derived terms

    * spack * spacker * spaz, spazz

    Usage notes

    The word is perceived as relatively inoffensive in the United States, but extremely offensive in the United Kingdom.

    References

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    Anagrams

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    flaccid

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Flabby.
  • * 1955 , Joseph Heller, Catch-22 , chapter 13, page 140:
    • Colonel Korn, a stocky, dark, flaccid man with a shapeless paunch, sat completely relaxed on one of the benches in the front row, his hands clasped comfortably over the top of his bald and swarthy head.
  • Soft; floppy.
  • * 2006 , Simon LeVay, Sharon McBride Valente, Human Sexuality , page 93:
    • They first measured along the top surface of the flaccid penis, [...]
  • Lacking energy or vigor.
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    • Antonyms

    * erect * firm