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单词 wackadoodle
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wackadoodlen.adj.

Brit. /ˈwakəduːdl/, U.S. /ˈ(h)wækəˌdudəl/
Forms: 1900s– wackadoodle, 1900s– wack-a-doodle, 1900s– whackadoodle, 1900s– whack-a-doodle.
Origin: A variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: wackadoo n.
Etymology: Alteration of wackadoo n., perhaps after doodle n. or cock-a-doodle-doo n.Compare earlier, apparently unconnected, use of whack-a-doodle-do , doo wacka doodle , etc. as nonsense words in songs (compare note at wackadoo adj. and n.):1933 R. Wallace & C. Harrington (title of song) The king made whoopee, in the land of whack-a-doodle-do.1953 Billboard 16 May 31/2 (advt.) Best Sellers...Doo Wacka Doodle/The Song from Moulin Rouge..Boston Pops.
U.S. colloquial.
A. n.
= wackadoo n.In quot. 1991 used humorously as the first element in the name of a fictitious dish.
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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
the world > health and disease > mental health > mental illness > degree or type of mental illness > [noun] > slight madness > person
touched1625
three-quarter cleft1830
quarter cleft1831
mattoid1891
borderland1894
borderline case1907
wackadoo1979
wackadoodle1991
1991 D. Barry Only Trav. Guide you'll ever Need vi.127 Some traditional English dishes are Toad in the Hole, Bubble and Squeak,..Whack-a-Doodle Johnson, and Fester Pudding.
1994 J. Haberstroh Ice Cube Sex iii. 28 Is there a creative whackadoodle in the ad agency business out there somewhere right now embedding something..in a commercial he has just produced?
1999 N.Y. Times Bk. Rev. 7 Mar. 11 (heading) The author profiles a (relatively) benign collection of wackadoodles as they gear up for the year 2000.
2009 Pittsburgh Post-Gaz. (Electronic ed.) 24 May e4 Esperantists face derision as being wackadoodles, but..their gatherings exhibit no more eccentricity than the typical university faculty meeting.
B. adj.
= wackadoo adj.
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the world > health and disease > mental health > mental illness > [adjective] > affected with
deleerit1786
psychopathic1888
mental1899
wackadoo1958
wackadoodle1993
the world > health and disease > mental health > mental illness > degree or type of mental illness > [adjective] > slightly mad > eccentric or cranky
fantastical1531
odd1577
eccentric1685
fanaticized1827
cranky1850
bee-bonneted1856
cornery1887
screwy1887
kinky1889
crankish1892
ratty1895
batchy1898
batsc1901
batty1903
potty1920
offbeat1922
off-centre1930
wacky1935
screwball1936
up the creek1941
oddball1945
wackadoo1958
kooky1959
wiggy1963
flaky1964
nutball1968
woo-woo1971
wacko1977
off-kilter1985
wackadoodle1993
fantastic-
1993 San Diego Union-Tribune 14 Nov. d2/1 He is astonished by how many of his fellow therapists believe in..‘wack-a-doodle theories of psychology’.
1997 USA Today 25 Apr. d6/6 I've got more people wanting to go to work tomorrow with more wackadoodle plans.
2003 B. Kinsel Brenda's Wardrobe Compan. 85 Add..a really whackadoodle haircut (think ‘rock star’) with minimal makeup.
2012 N.Y. Mag. 12 Mar. 14/1 The Republican primary ‘has been the most volatile, unpredictable, and just plain wackadoodle Republican-nomination contest ever’.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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n.adj.1991
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