wacko
[wak-oh]Slang.
- Also wack. an eccentric, strange, or odd person.
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Origin of wacko
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Related Words for wacko
screwball, crackpot, lunatic, nut, crazy, flake, dingbat, crank, weirdo, fruitcake, wacko, kook, oddball, maniac, fool, eccentric, madman, loony, madwoman, lamebrainExamples from the Web for wacko
Contemporary Examples of wacko
At first this plays like some sort of bizarre SNL sketch: the wacko physician.
McCain called Cruz a “wacko bird” and later took it back, about as insincerely as possible.
The hysteria and hostage taking of Wacko Bird Inc. is not reasonably matched to the current situation.
The GOP “suicide caucus”, led by proud “wacko bird” Sen. Ted Cruz, was, not surprisingly, spawned from a faulty premise.
In a country where six of 10 voters already think the government is too big, the wacko bird caucus has got a lot of room to fly.
wacko
- mad or eccentric
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- a mad or eccentric person
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Word Origin for wacko
C20: back formation from wacky
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Word Origin and History for wacko
extended form of wack, recorded from 1977.
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