nutjob

American  

[nuht-job] / ˈnʌtˌdʒɒb /

Or nut job

noun

Slang.

• nutjobs
  plural

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

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

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• nutjobs
  plural

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

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nutjob nutjobs

This theory is "supported" by the fact that the month before the assassination, a group of Cubans met with a group of right-wing nutjob Americans.

From Golf Digest ● Oct. 26, 2017

When Danny shows up—barefoot and wearing a Baja hoodie, looking like he should be Hacky Sack–ing outside a Phish concert—they reasonably conclude he is not their long lost pal but a nutjob.

From Slate ● Mar. 20, 2017

I still had my 4.0 grade point average, but now everyone labelled me a nutjob.

From The Guardian ● Jun. 1, 2016

"It's entirely likely the person who wants this information is a crazy stalker or an anti-sex nutjob," writes Reason magazine's Elizabeth Nolan Brown.

From BBC ● Nov. 7, 2014

It must suck to get to thirty thousand feet and realize that your pilot is a control freak nutjob.

From "Ask the Passengers" by A.S. King

The grafters, meanwhile, think the grifters are nutjobs.

From Slate ● May 10, 2018

One of the more intriguing moves the new season makes is to have the protagonists with outlandish beliefs encounter other true believers and determine over and over again that they are nutjobs.

From Slate ● Apr. 14, 2017

At which point, it is only right and proper to separate the nutjobs from the cheats.

From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2015

Slim pickings compared to Tuesday's parade of nutjobs, but at least Turkey put a decent amount of effort into its cockeyed boy band pirate ditty.

From The Guardian ● May 25, 2012

Just two nutjobs, called DEVOS, who posted something on their website, De-volution Islam.

From Salon ● Apr. 29, 2010