English
Alternative spellings
wackjob
Etymology
whacky|whack(y) + jobbie|job(bie)
Noun
en-noun
- context|colloquial|pejorative A crazy, possibly dangerous, person.
#*1992: Elmore Leonard, Rum Punch
#*:"He called the guy who owns the gun shop a 'whackjob<nowiki>'</nowiki> and said he's going to take him down if it's the last thing he does."
#*2003: Michael Graham, Redneck Nation: How the South Really Won the War
#*:One of America's most prominent Confederistas is Michael Hill, head whackjob at the looney League of the South—an obscure organization that has already declared southern cultural independence.
#*2004: Mark. St. Amant, Committed: Confessions of a Fantasy Football Junkie
#*:Ronald Reagan took his oath as the fortieth president in American history and, three months later, took a bullet from some wackjob trying to impress the future star of The Silence of the Lambs.
Synonyms
(crazy, possibly dangerous person): basket case, loony, nutjob, nutter, screwball, wacko, wingnut
ru:whackjob
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