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▪ I. wacko, a. and n. slang (orig. and chiefly U.S.).|ˈwækəʊ|
Also whacko.
[f. wacky a. + -o.]
A. adj. Crazy, mad; eccentric.
1977J. Wambaugh Black Marble (1978) ix. 182 What if he doesn't always go whacko when you make him remember the bad old days? 1977E. Leonard Unknown Man v. 46 You never know, the guy's fucking wacko. 1978C. Black Asterisk Destiny iii. 58 Without a sense of balance..and a touch of humor, you could go whacko. 1981D. Uhnak False Witness iv. 39 She's gone slightly wacko politically. 1984Miami Herald 30 Mar. 3e/2 ‘Anyone in this business relishes the pressure,’ Hazzard, 41, said. ‘Maybe I'm a little wacko, but I love it.’
B. n. = wack1.
1977Telegraph (Brisbane) 24 Mar. 4/1, I am not a weirdo, a wacko or an eccentric for wanting to do good, honest work on a day to day basis. 1980Washington Post 22 Aug. a1 Billy Carter, the president's brother, testified yesterday that he is not ‘a buffoon, a boob or a wacko’. 1982R. Ludlum Parsifal Mosaic xiii. 197 ‘They catch a whack-o now and then.’ ‘Whack-o?’ ‘Someone who's crossed over the mental line, thinks he's someone he's not.’
▪ II. wacko
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