Sen vs Spaz - What's the difference?
sen | spaz |
A unit of Japanese currency, worth one hundredth of a yen.
A coin of this value.
* Charles F. C. Ladd, Jr., Around the World at Seventeen (page 70)
(Yorkshire) self
(slang, pejorative, offensive) A stupid person.
(slang, pejorative, offensive) A hyperactive person.
(slang, pejorative, offensive) An incompetent person.
* (Tiger Woods), 2006
(slang, pejorative, offensive) A tantrum, a fit.
(slang, pejorative, offensive) To have a tantrum or fit.
(slang, offensive) To malfunction, go on the fritz.
As nouns the difference between sen and spaz
is that sen is a unit of Japanese currency, worth one hundredth of a yen while spaz is a stupid person.As an abbreviation Sen
is senator.As a verb spaz is
to have a tantrum or fit.sen
English
Etymology 1
(etyl) .Noun
(en-noun)- Before leaving the Kyndam I had bought in exchange what I thought to be enough yens and sens to see me through.
Etymology 2
Noun
(head)- "Hear all, see all, say nowt. Ate all, sup all, pay nowt. An if ever tha does anythin for nowt, mek sure tha does it for tha sen ."
Derived terms
* missen (myself) * thissen (thyself)Anagrams
* English three-letter words ----spaz
English
Alternative forms
* spazzNoun
(spazzes)- “I was so in control from tee to green, the best I’ve played for years… But as soon as I got on the green I was a spaz .”
Usage notes
(Spastic) In addition to being insulting to the target, the term itself is offensive to some due to associations with disability (especially cerebral palsy in the UK); compare (retard), (tard). Offensiveness differs between the UK and the US: it is quite offensive in the UK, while completely inoffensive in the US, acting as a synonym for silly/hyper. It is most widely used as a playground term of abuse, both of people with disabilities and children generally. Among adults, particularly in the United States, it can be seen as gentle ribbing or self-deprecation, as in the Tiger Woods quote, but can cause offense, and is recommended against in public.The s-word, by Damon Rose, BBC News, 12 April 2006