spack

Possibly a contraction of spastic (as a term of abuse).

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spack (plural spacks)

1. (UK, slang, derogatory, offensive) A person with cerebral palsy.
2. (UK, slang, derogatory, offensive) An incompetent or physically uncoordinated person.

   Synonyms: spacko, spaz, spazmo

   You spilt beer on your shirt, you spack!

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Borrowed from Middle Low German spak (“thin, dry, brittle”) from spake (“brushwood”). Or from rare Middle Low German spak (“tame, calm”) from an unknown source.

• IPA^(key): /ʃpak/,

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• Rhymes: -ak

spack (strong nominative masculine singular spacker, comparative spacker, superlative am spacksten)

1. (regional, Northern Germany, usually of people) thin, scrawny (having an unusually low amount of both muscle and fat)
   • 1912, Gerhart Hauptmann, Gabriel Schillings Flucht‎:

     Wirklich, du siehst ausgezeichnet aus. Etwas spack natürlich, das macht die Stadt; aber wie du daherkamst, mit Jünglingsschritten, da sahst du wie 'n mittlerer Zwanziger aus.

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2. (regional, Northern Germany, of wood) dry, brittle

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