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freakazoid, n. and a. slang (orig. U.S.).
Brit. |ˈfriːkəzɔɪd|, U.S. |ˈfrikəˌzɔɪd|
[Irreg. ‹freak n.1 + -oid suffix, with insertion of -az- perhaps after schizoid n., sleazoid n..]
A. n. A bizarre or freakish person; = freak n.1 Additions a.
1984C. Eble UNC-CH Campus Slang (typescript) Fall 3 Freakazoid, person involved in the ‘new wave’ or ‘punk rock’ music movements. 1992Los Angeles Times (Electronic ed.) 16 Aug. 8 The apparatus cleansing his blood and providing oxygen make him look like ‘some freakazoid’. 2000N.Y. Mag. 24 July 51/1 The appeal of the comic book, and, in a darker and more voluptuous way, of the movie, is that it celebrates being a freakazoid.
B. adj. Bizarre or freakish.
1990Wall St. Jrnl. 24 Oct. a6/2 Spot is ‘100% friendly’ as long as no one hits him with sticks or does other ‘freakazoid’ things. 1997J. Hatfield & G. Burt Unauthorized X-Cyclopedia 32 Anything slightly freakazoid, that's the drill, call Moe Bocks. 2005Guardian 9 Feb. ii. 7/4, The procession of neurotic freakazoid flatmates that blighted my early 20s. |