wack1
/wak
/noun British informal
Used as a familiar term of address, chiefly in Liverpool: ‘Gorra light ’ave yer, wack?'...
- Eh, ta very much wack.
Origin
1960s: of unknown origin.
Rhymes
wack2
/wak/informal, chiefly US
adjective
Bad; inferior: a wack radio station...
- Besides, I was tired with these wack rappers claiming to be this and that.
- He was planning to do his own reality show (not as wack as it sounds).
- There was an attempted comeback, but it was wack.
noun
1A crazy or eccentric person: the kids were learning to live with the idea that Dad was a wack...
- The whole thing is a mess of accusations of conspiracies and attempts to paint Curtis as a wild-eyed wack.
- Malone was a complete wack and seemed to drive Rin over the edge!
- Hardly any of those wacks running for office are worth voting for.
2 [mass noun] Worthless or stupid ideas or talk; rubbish: this track is a load of wack...
- Not because he thinks that 50 Cent's flow is mad wack, but because - in his opinion - 50 Cent glorifies gun crime.
- Anyway, says Ghostface Killah about the Wu's new mission: ‘The game is mad wack…’
- But thanks to the proliferation of hip-hop media, which spreads the word separating the wicked from the wack, self-criticism is slowly becoming a fixture as well.
Origin
1930s: probably a back-formation from wacky.