wackn.¹

Brit.

/wak/, U.S.

/wæk/

Forms: Also whack.

Etymology: Probably back-formation < wacky adj.

slang (originally U.S.).

An eccentric or crazy person; a madman, a crackpot.

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

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the world > health and disease > mental health > mental illness > degree or type of mental illness > [noun] > slight madness > crankiness or eccentricity > person

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wacko1977

headbanger1981

1938 ‘E. Queen’ Four of Hearts (1939) i. 9 All you wacks act this way at first. Them that can take it snaps out of it.

1951 E. Paul Springtime in Paris (U.K. ed.) xi. 198 The show place, the rendezvous of eccentrics, Bohemians, playboys, sightseers and international whacks is the St. Germain des Prés quarter.

1959 R. Graves in Lilliput Dec. 48/2 ‘I don't get the joke,’ Len grumbled. ‘That wack gave me the creeps! One of those “creative artists” who create chaos’.

1982 G. F. Newman Men with Guns xi. 81 The cop shrugged. ‘Some wack with a grudge.’

Draft additions 1997

Bad; harmful; unfashionable, boring. Esp. in the anti-drug slogan crack is wack and variants.

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the mind > goodness and badness > harmfulness > [adjective]

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wack1986

the world > physical sensation > use of drugs and poison > [phrase] > anti-drugs slogan

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the mind > emotion > suffering > feeling of weariness or tedium > [adjective] > wearisome or tedious

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wack1986

the mind > emotion > suffering > feeling of weariness or tedium > feeling wearied or bored [phrase] > wearisome or tedious

(as) flat as a pancake1611

drunk (dull, mute) as a fish1889

crack is wack1986

1986 N.Y. Times 19 Sept. b3/5 Keith Haring, creator of the ‘Crack is Wack’ mural in East Harlem.

1989 Chicago Tribune 22 Oct. iv. 1/1 A brightly colored mural painted on a handball court carried the succinct message, ‘Crack Be Wack, Jack.’

1991 D. Gaines Teenage Wasteland vii. 183 Suburbia is filled with second-generation Deadheads, twenty wack years after.

1992 Vibe Fall (Preview Issue) 45 That was what sparked us to start the band: seeing all these wack people getting paid.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	wack
释义	wackn.¹ Brit. /wak/, U.S. /wæk/ Forms: Also whack. Etymology: Probably back-formation < wacky adj. slang (originally U.S.). An eccentric or crazy person; a madman, a crackpot. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > mental health > mental illness > mentally ill person > [noun] > mad person woodman1297 madmanc1330 lunatic1377 franticc1380 madwomana1438 March harec1500 Bedlam beggar1525 fanaticc1525 bedlama1529 frenetic1528 Jack o' Bedlam1528 Tom o' Bedlam1569 crack-brain1570 madbrain1570 Tom1575 madcap1589 gelt1596 madhead1600 brainsick1605 madpash1611 non compos1628 madling1638 bedlam-man1658 bedlamerc1675 fan1682 bedlamite1691 cracka1701 lymphatic1708 shatter-brain1719 mad1729 maniaca1763 non compos mentis1765 shatter-pate1775 shatter-wit1775 insane1786 craze1831 dement1857 crazy1867 crackpot1883 loony1884 bug1885 psychopath1885 dingbat1887 psychopathic1890 ding-a-ling1899 meshuggener1900 détraqué1902 maddiea1903 nut1908 mental1913 ding1929 lakes1934 wack1938 fruitcake1942 nutty1942 barm-pot1951 nutcake1953 nutter1958 nutcase1959 nut job1959 meshuga1962 nutsy1964 headcase1965 nutball1968 headbanger1973 nutso1975 wacko1977 nut bar1978 mentalist1990 the world > health and disease > mental health > mental illness > degree or type of mental illness > [noun] > slight madness > crankiness or eccentricity > person fantastical1589 fantastic1598 earwig brain1599 extravagant1627 fanatic1644 energumen1660 original1675 toy-pate1702 gig1777 quiz1780 quoz?1780 rum touch1800 crotcheteer1815 pistol1828 eccentric1832 case1833 originalist1835 cure1856 crotchet-monger1874 curiosity1874 crank1881 crackpot1883 faddist1883 schwärmer1884 hard case1892 finger1899 mad hatter1905 nut1908 numéro1924 screwball1933 wack1938 fruitcake1942 odd bod1942 oddball1943 ghoster1953 raver1959 kook1960 flake1968 woo-woo1972 zonky1972 wacko1977 headbanger1981 1938 ‘E. Queen’ Four of Hearts (1939) i. 9 All you wacks act this way at first. Them that can take it snaps out of it. 1951 E. Paul Springtime in Paris (U.K. ed.) xi. 198 The show place, the rendezvous of eccentrics, Bohemians, playboys, sightseers and international whacks is the St. Germain des Prés quarter. 1959 R. Graves in Lilliput Dec. 48/2 ‘I don't get the joke,’ Len grumbled. ‘That wack gave me the creeps! One of those “creative artists” who create chaos’. 1982 G. F. Newman Men with Guns xi. 81 The cop shrugged. ‘Some wack with a grudge.’ Draft additions 1997 Bad; harmful; unfashionable, boring. Esp. in the anti-drug slogan crack is wack and variants. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > harmfulness > [adjective] litherc893 scathefulc900 balefulOE orneOE teenfulOE evilc1175 venomousc1290 scathela1300 prejudiciala1325 fell?c1335 harmfula1340 grievous1340 ill1340 wicked1340 noisomea1382 venomed1382 noyfulc1384 damageousc1386 mischievousc1390 unwholesomea1400 undisposingc1400 damnablec1420 prejudiciable1429 contagiousc1440 damagefulc1449 pestiferous1458 damageable1474 pestilent?a1475 nuisable1483 nocible1490 nuisible1490 nuisant1494 noxiousa1500 nocent?c1500 pestilential1531 tortious1532 pestilentious1533 nocive1538 offensivea1548 vitiating1547 dangerous1548 offending1552 dispendious1557 injurious1559 offensible1575 offensant1578 baneful1579 incommodious1579 prejudicious1579 prejudical1595 inimicous1598 damnifiable1604 taking1608 obnoxious1612 nocivousc1616 mischieving1621 nocuous1627 nocumentous1644 disserviceable1645 inimical1645 detrimentous1648 injuring1651 detrimental1656 inimicitial1656 nocumental1657 incommodous1677 fatal1681 inimic1696 nociferous1706 damnific1727 inimicable1805 violational1821 insalutary1836 detrimentary1841 wronging1845 unsalvatory1850 damaging1856 damnous1870 wack1986 the world > physical sensation > use of drugs and poison > [phrase] > anti-drugs slogan crack is wack1986 the mind > emotion > suffering > feeling of weariness or tedium > [adjective] > wearisome or tedious dreicha1300 alangec1330 joylessa1400 tedious1412 wearifulc1454 weary1465 laboriousa1475 tiresome?a1513 irksome1513 wearisome1530 woodena1566 irkful1570 flat1573 leaden1593 barren1600 soaked1600 unlively1608 dulla1616 irking1629 drearisome1633 drear1645 plumbous1651 fatigable1656 dreary1667 uncurious1685 unenlivened1692 blank1726 disinteresting1737 stupid1748 stagnant1749 trist?1756 vegetable1757 borish1766 uninteresting1769 unenlivening1774 oorie1787 wearying1796 subjectless1803 yawny1805 wearing1811 stuffy1813 sloomy1820 tediousome1823 arid1827 lacklustrous1834 boring1839 featureless1839 slow1840 sodden1853 ennuying1858 dusty1860 cabbagy1861 old1864 mouldy1876 yawnful1878 drab1880 dehydrated1884 interestless1886 jay1889 boresome1895 stodgy1895 stuffy1895 yawnsome1900 sludgy1901 draggy1922 blah1937 nowhere1940 drack1945 stupefactive1970 schleppy1978 wack1986 the mind > emotion > suffering > feeling of weariness or tedium > feeling wearied or bored [phrase] > wearisome or tedious (as) flat as a pancake1611 drunk (dull, mute) as a fish1889 crack is wack1986 1986 N.Y. Times 19 Sept. b3/5 Keith Haring, creator of the ‘Crack is Wack’ mural in East Harlem. 1989 Chicago Tribune 22 Oct. iv. 1/1 A brightly colored mural painted on a handball court carried the succinct message, ‘Crack Be Wack, Jack.’ 1991 D. Gaines Teenage Wasteland vii. 183 Suburbia is filled with second-generation Deadheads, twenty wack years after. 1992 Vibe Fall (Preview Issue) 45 That was what sparked us to start the band: seeing all these wack people getting paid. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online June 2022). wackn.² Brit. /wak/, U.S. /wæk/ Forms: Also whack. Etymology: Compare wacker n. dialect (chiefly Liverpool). A familiar term of address; ‘pal’, ‘mate’. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > love > terms of endearment > [noun] > familiar form of address mon amic1425 matec1500 boy1532 old lad1594 old boy1602 captaina1616 mon cher1673 old chap1823 old man1828 ou maat1838 boysie1846 old top1856 boetie1867 bra1869 cocker1888 mon vieux1888 face1891 yessir1892 George1903 old sport1905 old bean1917 segotia1917 babe1918 bro1918 tovarish1918 old egg1919 midear1921 old (tin of) fruit1923 sport1923 mush1936 cowboy1961 coz1961 wack1963 yaar1963 John1982 1963 Beatles 18 Said Ringo: ‘Do you want an anaesthetic, wack?’ 1966 P. Moloney Plea for Mersey 50 I'll get you wack! You must come back! 1972 ‘K. Royce’ Miniatures Frame ix. 124 ‘How's it, whack?’ He..eyed me affectionately. 1976 New Musical Express 12 Feb. 18/6 Gorra light 'ave yer, wack? This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.¹1938n.²1963
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