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s | spastic |

As a letter s

is the letter s with a.

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.

s

Translingual

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Letter

  • The nineteenth letter of the .

    • Symbol

    (wikipedia) (mul-symbol)
  • voiceless alveolar fricative
  • Symbol for second , an SI unit of measurement of time.

    • See also

    (Latn-script) * * (esh) * (dze) * {{Letter , page=S , NATO=Sierra , Morse=ยทยทยท , Character=S , Braille=? }} Image:Latin S.png, Capital and lowercase versions of S , in normal and italic type Image:Fraktur letter S.png, Uppercase and lowercase S in Fraktur Symbols for SI units ----

    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.

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