whackoint.
/waˈkəʊ/, U.S. /ˈwækoʊ/ An exclamation of delight or excitement: Splendid! Excellent! Hurrah!
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the mind > emotion > pleasure > joy, gladness, or delight > exclamation of joy or delight [interjection]
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1941 S. J. Baker Pop. Dict. Austral. Slang 81 Whacko, good! Hurrah! A popular ejaculation.
1944 A. F. St. Bruno Desert Daze 7 Chips let his [Mills bomb] go..Whacko!
1961 J. Maclaren-Ross Doomsday Bk. i. vii. 74 ‘All's well,’ Marsh said elatedly... ‘Whacko!’ Eustace cried.
1967 Southerly 27 75 This is the message. ‘Home Friday. Wacko.’
1978 L. Davidson Chelsea Murders xvii. 94 After all it was only two days to—whacko!—Monday.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
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