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- adjective Alternative spelling of
wacko . - noun Alternative spelling of
wacko .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a person who is regarded as eccentric or mad
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Examples
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She, like nObama, believe what that crazy old Anti American, black liberation preachin whacko believes, it's just that simple.
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Another whacko from the reichwingnuts in the deliverance wing of the fascist GOP.
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Anyone that quotes that is another Opus Dei cult whacko from the clique of MizzWrong.
Think Progress » From “Mission Accomplished” to “Tough Days Ahead” 2005
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No wonder the poor pathetic whacko is still single.
Think Progress » Alito: Those Weren’t My Personal Views, I Was Just Lying To Get A Job 2005
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Unbelievably naive, and I would agree with "whacko"--and I've met a few people who actually seem to believe that.
Fire with Fire Steven Barnes 2008
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I will be honest and say I am pretty liberal in my views (which I won't defend here and simply say I didn't vote for the current set of elected officials), and say that until there comes a time where we can guarantee that I can get on a plane/bus/transportation device and ensure that some whacko is not on there with a grudge or whatever - I am willing to sacrifice my "right" to carry those items.
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We’re in whacko territory now with this administration and its supporters.
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If they are indeed whacko, that isn't a problem and they should be allowed on the ballot.
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I finally gave up posting there as I was afraid anyone who saw it would think that I am a bizarre whacko, which is quite possibly true, as you might notice from the final post....
I had the most boring dream! Ann Althouse 2005
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I mean, when he teamed up with Lenora Fulani, for instance, someone who's made a lot of anti-Semitic statements in the past, and their sort of political union was covered as just another news event rather than Pat Buchanan teams up with discredited whacko, which is much more accurate I think, yeah, that's incomplete news coverage.
jmjarmstrong commented on the word whacko
JM often rushes outside and cries 'whacko!' and sometimes even 'whacko-the-diddle-o!'
February 1, 2009
knitandpurl commented on the word whacko
"From his gladstone bag the stranger takes a bottle and a loaf of white bread.
Whacko, says Quick.
The black man pulls him off a hunk of bread and Quick takes it. Then the bottle."
Cloudstreet by Tim Winton, p 209 of the Graywolf Press hardcover edition
April 1, 2010