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▪ I. spaz slang.|spæz|
Also spas.
[Abbrev. of spastic n.]
= spastic n. b (see also quot. 19771).
1965P. Kael I lost it at Movies iii. 259 The term that American teen-agers now use as the opposite of ‘tough’ is ‘spaz’. A spaz is a person who is courteous to teachers, plans for a career..and believes in official values. A spaz is something like what adults still call a square. 1975M. Amis Dead Babies viii. 47, I know how long, you little spaz. 1977Amer. Speech 1975 L. 67 Spas,..1: Unco-ordinated, clumsy person 2: Person regarded as dull, foolish, or stupid 3: Friend (jocular use) ‘Hey spas, do we have any homework?’ 1977J. Wambaugh Black Marble (1978) viii. 117 The man's a spaz! A total spaz! 1982Guardian 26 Oct. 8/4 Come onnnnn—bag your face, you geek, you grody totally shanky spaz.
▪ II. spaz, v. slang (orig. U.S.). Often considered offensive.
Brit. |spæz|, U.S. |spæz|
Forms: 19– spas, 19– spaz, 19– spazz
[‹ spaz n.]
intr. To lose physical or emotional control, usually as the result of an intense emotional experience; to act in a bizarre or uncharacteristic way. Freq. with out. Also in extended use.
1957Hammond (Indiana) Times 6 Nov. b2/6 Jewelers, furriers, and furniture dealers go through similar merchandising tortures whenever Wall Street spazzes. 1979L. K. Truscott Dress Gray xx. 220 The plebes were..spasing around like a bunch of junior high school boys getting dressed after gym class. 1982Washington Post 22 Dec. b11/6 He just flipped out and started spazzing out, that's how he clawed my chest. 1985Time 1 Apr. 144/3 Kate displays her slapstick skills... ‘My face’, she says ‘can get very animated and spaz out.’ 2004Vice Feb. 94/4 Remember spazzing out in your bedroom while your friend flipped the light switch on and off really fast? |