sperg

Clipping of Asperger's.

• (Received Pronunciation, General Australian) IPA^(key): /spɜːɡ/

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• (General American) IPA^(key): /spɜɹɡ/
• Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)ɡ

sperg (plural spergs)(slang, derogatory, offensive)

1. (sometimes reclaimed) A person with Asperger's syndrome; an Aspergerian.
   • 2009, Playa, “re: games workshop staff”, in rec.games.miniatures.warhammer (Usenet):

     No, spergs are compulsively self-absorbed and narcissistic. Harnessing self-generating dopamine off impulse requires a certain level of selfishness. Not necessarily derogatory, but considerable. Some people have disorders ('ticks') that cause this instinct as well.

2. A person who displays awkward, pedantic, or obsessive behavior that is associated with Asperger's syndrome.

• Aspergerian, Aspergian, Aspergic, Aspie (informal), sperglord (slang, derogatory, offensive)

• autie (informal)

• spergy

sperg (third-person singular simple present spergs, present participle sperging, simple past and past participle sperged)(intransitive, slang, derogatory)

1. To have a meltdown; to throw a temper tantrum or a rage fit.

   Synonyms: sperg out, spaz

2. (sometimes reclaimed) To ramble about with excessive detail, as persons with Asperger's syndrome tend to do.

• greps, pregs