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daredevilkink2015-05-09 07:29 pm
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(frozen comment) Re: Um. Ableism?
(Anonymous) 2016-01-06 03:39 pm (UTC)(link)It's short for spastic, meaning having or relating to muscle spasms. In the UK both spastic and spaz have been used as pejoratives for persons with cerebral palsy. And even without that connotation, it's an ableist slur because it's trivializing a medical symptom.
(frozen comment) Re: Um. Ableism?
(Anonymous) 2016-01-06 03:58 pm (UTC)(link)Wikipedia has an article on:
Spastic
The offensiveness of this term and of spastic differs considerably between the US and the UK. In the United States, the terms are inoffensive; in the UK, they are very offensive; see spastic for more.[1][2][3]
(frozen comment) Re: Um. Ableism?
(Anonymous) 2016-01-06 03:59 pm (UTC)(link)I get it. Thank you. :)
(frozen comment) Re: Um. Ableism?
(Anonymous) 2016-01-06 04:03 pm (UTC)(link)Huh, spazz/spazzing has always had an emotional connotation for me. (American.) In my experience, if someone's said to be spazzing, a response would be to chill out / calm down. A muscle or physical implication would be secondary, if it's implied at all.
Eh, you learn something new everyday.