sicko

[sik-oh]

noun

Slang.

plural

sickos 

1. sickie.

sicko

/ ˈsɪkəʊ /

noun

1. a person who is mentally disturbed or perverted

adjective

1. perverted or in bad taste

   sicko prurience

Word History and Origins

Origin of sicko¹

sick ¹ + -o

Word History and Origins

Origin of sicko¹

C20: from _sick ¹ (sense 5) + _-o

Example Sentences

Cycling through head coaches like Hollywood assistants who can’t perfect a Starbucks order is another symptom of college football’s sicko economy.

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One specific piece of advice, though: If you’re planning a run for statewide office in a couple years but you simply have to send sicko texts, don’t send them to someone from the other party.

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After retiring, he didn’t stop feeding into being a basketball sicko — his words — or a full-on basketball psycho — his and his peers’ words.

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The “Sicko Mode” rapper, 33, whose legal name is Jacques Bermon Webster, had been charged with trespassing and disorderly intoxication and spent the night in a Miami jail after he was arrested at the Miami Beach Marina.

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She was labeled a “sicko, pig, trash,” she writes in the memoir.

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When To Use

What does sicko mean?

Sicko is a slang word for someone considered deranged, sadistic, perverted, disturbed, or the like.