sicknikn.

/ˈsɪknɪk/

Forms: Also sicknic.

Etymology: < sick adj. + -nik suffix.

U.S. slang.

1. One who is mentally ill.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > mental health > mental illness > mentally ill person > [noun]

neuropath1887

ding-dong1929

pathological1931

nutcake1953

nut job1959

sicknik1959

nutball1968

sickie1973

sicko1977

wackadoo1979

wackadoodle1991

1959 R. Bloch Blood runs Cold (1963) 161 This is a real sicknik. A masochist, like.

1961–2 Amer. Scholar XXXI. 108/1 Then all at once (seemingly), in 1959, the sicknics were at hand.

2. One who indulges in sick humour.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > pleasure > laughter > causing laughter > [noun] > jest or pleasantry > one who jests or jokes > sick

sicknik1966

1966 New Statesman 19 Aug. 261/1 The silliest definition of the art of Lenny Bruce is that of a ‘sick’ comedian (or ‘sicknik’, according to Time magazine), since it is so manifestly the sicknesses of society he was getting at.

1968 L. Rosten Joys of Yiddish 265 -Nik lends itself to delightful ad hoc inventions. A sicknik would be one who fancies ‘sick’ or ‘black’ humor. A Freudnik would be an uncritical acolyte of the father of psychoanalysis. And recently homosexuals began to refer to heterosexuals, with some amusement, as ‘straightniks’.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	sicknik
释义	sicknikn. /ˈsɪknɪk/ Forms: Also sicknic. Etymology: < sick adj. + -nik suffix. U.S. slang. 1. One who is mentally ill. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > mental health > mental illness > mentally ill person > [noun] neuropath1887 ding-dong1929 pathological1931 nutcake1953 nut job1959 sicknik1959 nutball1968 sickie1973 sicko1977 wackadoo1979 wackadoodle1991 1959 R. Bloch Blood runs Cold (1963) 161 This is a real sicknik. A masochist, like. 1961–2 Amer. Scholar XXXI. 108/1 Then all at once (seemingly), in 1959, the sicknics were at hand. 2. One who indulges in sick humour. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pleasure > laughter > causing laughter > [noun] > jest or pleasantry > one who jests or jokes > sick sicknik1966 1966 New Statesman 19 Aug. 261/1 The silliest definition of the art of Lenny Bruce is that of a ‘sick’ comedian (or ‘sicknik’, according to Time magazine), since it is so manifestly the sicknesses of society he was getting at. 1968 L. Rosten Joys of Yiddish 265 -Nik lends itself to delightful ad hoc inventions. A sicknik would be one who fancies ‘sick’ or ‘black’ humor. A Freudnik would be an uncritical acolyte of the father of psychoanalysis. And recently homosexuals began to refer to heterosexuals, with some amusement, as ‘straightniks’. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1959
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