nutjob

American  

[nuht-job] / ˈnʌtˌdʒɒb /

Or nut job

noun

Slang.

1. a crazy or eccentric person; nutcase; nut.

   When Tom gets excited he can act like a real nutjob.

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Etymology

Origin of nutjob

First recorded in 1970–75; nut (in the slang sense “eccentric, crazy person”) + job ¹ (in the slang sense “an example of a type”)

Example Sentences

Shane Aronson, a Florida-based self-proclaimed “nutjob” who puts himself in the latter category, said his quarter-over-quarter sales are up 133% this year, owing in part to the app.

From The Wall Street Journal

An easy place to start was the screenshots: the QR codes for flights long ago boarded, privacy agreements I had to click to use an app, emails that were best forwarded to my husband via text and a message from Words With Friends that “nutjob” was not an acceptable word.

From New York Times

"You act all pure and noble, like you have reasons for what you do, but when I do it, I'm crazy, I'm some manic nutjob," she says.

From Salon

Mr Lowe has said the agency had bowed to pressure from animal rights charity Peta, and that his park had become a target for "every nutjob and animal rights loon in the world".

From BBC

During his "Fox & Friends" appearance, the president also spoke about Hurricane Sally, slammed Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein for critical comments the journalists have been made about them -- including calling Bernstein a "nutjob" -- and accused liberal cities of "getting weak and soft" against crime in the wake of a shooting of two Los Angeles Police Department officers.

From Fox News