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Spastic vs Klutz - What's the difference?

spastic | klutz |

As an adjective spastic

is (pathology) of, relating to, or affected by spasm.

As a noun spastic

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

As a proper noun klutz is

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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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    klutz

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia klutz) (es)
  • A clumsy or stupid person.
  • *"Mel, back home we'd call you a klutz ."
    Melissa: "Use a lot of Yiddish back in Texas, do you?"
  • *:— Ultimate Daredevil and Elektra.
  • *"Out of [one abortion doctor's] first six months of work, there are nine malpractice suits ... After it was apparent the guy was a klutz , they kept using him, and trying to cover for him, because they couldn't find another provider."
  • *:— Dr. Robert Crist, abortion doctor, St. Petersburg Times , June 3, 1990