spazz
Lose your composure
Spazz is a variant spelling of spaz, with the same meanings and the same US/UK split in offensiveness.
The doubled z appears in casual American usage: Don't spazz out about it.
British speakers find it just as offensive as spaz.
Awkward, graceless person
- fumbleHandle with clumsy fingers
- stumbleLose footing momentarily
- blunderFoolish, costly mistake
- awkwardLacking grace or ease
uncoordinated · butterfingers · trip · slip · bungle · ham-handed · oafish · gawky
Episode of losing control
- meltdownCatastrophic loss of control
- tantrumUncontrolled display of frustration
- fitProper or healthy
- hystericsUncontrollable emotional outburst
flare-up · overreact · lose it · flip out · go ballistic · conniption · panic · freak
Excessively energetic, informally
- freneticWildly agitated, fast
- manicAbnormally elevated, agitated
- jitteryAnxiously restless
- wiredElectrically connected or jittery
bouncing off walls · restless · fidgety · antsy · overstimulated · wound up · amped · twitchy
Insulting group label
- ableismBias against disabled individuals
- disabilityImpairment affecting life activities
- insensitivityLack of emotional awareness
- stigmaMark of dishonor
derogatory · hurtful · inappropriate · disrespectful · reclaimed · cerebral palsy · outdated · offensive
klutz
Awkward, graceless person
awkward · uncoordinated · butterfingers · trip · slip · bungle · ham-handed · oafish · gawky · flail
freakout
Episode of losing control
hysterics · flare-up · overreact · lose it · flip out · go ballistic · conniption · panic · freak · wig out
hyper
Excessively energetic, informally
wired · bouncing off walls · restless · fidgety · antsy · overstimulated · wound up · amped · twitchy · keyed up
slur
Insulting group label
- ableismBias against disabled individuals
- disabilityImpairment affecting life activities
- insensitivityLack of emotional awareness
stigma · derogatory · hurtful · inappropriate · disrespectful · reclaimed · cerebral palsy · outdated · offensive
spazzathlete
Sports competitor
smooth operator · dancer · acrobat · ballerina · gymnast
- spaz outLose control dramatically
- spazzing outLosing control dramatically
- spazzes outLoses control dramatically
- spasmodic dysphoniaNeurological vocal cord disorder
- spazz outLose control dramatically
- spazzed outReacted with frantic agitation
spasmodic, spaz, spastic, spasticity, spazzes, spazzing, spazzed