Someone who is spastic is born with a disability which makes it difficult for them to control their muscles, especially in their arms and legs. People now refer to someone with this disability as having cerebral palsy.
[offensive]
A spastic is someone who is spastic.
[offensive]
spastic in British English
(ˈspæstɪk)
noun
1.
an old-fashioned and offensive name for a person who has cerebral palsy
2. offensive, slang
a clumsy, incapable, or incompetent person
adjective
3.
affected by or resembling spasms
4. offensive, slang
clumsy, incapable, or incompetent
Derived forms
spastically (ˈspastically)
adverb
Word origin
C18: from Latin spasticus, from Greek spastikos, from spasmos a spasm
spastic in American English
(ˈspæstɪk)
adjective
1.
of, characterized by, affected with, or produced by a spasm
spastic colon
2.
afflicted with or involving spastic paralysis
noun
3.
a person with spastic paralysis
Derived forms
spastically (ˈspastically)
adverb
spasticity (spasˈticity) (ˈspæsˈtɪsəti)
noun
Word origin
L spasticus < Gr spastikos, drawing, pulling < span: see spasm