spaz

[spaz] /spæz/
noun
1.
an awkward or clumsy person.
verb (used without object), spazzed, spazzing.
2.
to move in an awkward or clumsy way (usually followed by out):
She spazzed out and we had broken glass all over the floor.
3.
to become more angry than a situation warrants (usually followed by out):
Mom spazzed out when she smelled cigarette smoke on my clothes.
4.
to twitch:
He was spazzing and muttering to himself, like the old speed freak he is.
Also, spazz.
Origin
1960-65; shortening and alteration of spastic
Usage note
See spastic.
Word Origin and History for spaz
n.

also spazz, by 1965, U.S. teen slang, apparently a derogatory shortening of spastic. Also used as a verb.

Slang definitions & phrases for spaz

spaz

adjective

: only the spastic twits in competition

noun
  1. A strange and stupid person; weirdo: The man's a spaz, a total spaz (1965+ Teenagers)
  2. A nonathletic person, esp an awkward one (1977+)
  3. A fit of anger; hissy fit: Well, they threw a spaz and said we can talk on the phone, but I can't see him or have him over (1990s+)

[sometimes used cruelly, in reference to the plight of cerebral palsy patients exhibiting constant body spasms]


throw a fit

verb phrase

To behave or react very angrily; have kittens: She just about threw a fit when I told her we weren't going/ Well, they threw a spaz and said I can't see him or have him over (entry form 1896+, variant 1990s+)