nutter
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of nutter
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Once dismissed as a nutter by his critics, because he confessed he talks to trees, Charles is right on time for 2022.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 9, 2022
"You'll think I'm a nutter but I really want to write a song about why most women like bad boys and I want to use the Diddy song," she recalled telling them.
From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2021
“He wanted to advance and challenge himself – isn’t that what we’re all doing this for?” offered John Lydon, decades after the two had collaborated, noting that he was also “a nutter … a monster-raging-crazy-loony”.
From The Guardian ● Oct. 6, 2019
“And by talking about things and saying, ‘That looks like a controlled demolition,’ I know that puts you in the nutter camp.
From Slate ● Mar. 21, 2019
“I’m certain I’ve never met you until that day in the church, but I’m also certain I was meant to meet you. Don’t think me a nutter, but it’s been prophesized.”
From "I'll Give You the Sun" by Jandy Nelson
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