wacko
/ˈwakəʊ
/(also whacko) informal, chiefly North American
adjective
Mad; insane: his wacko conspiracy theories...
- Equally disturbing is what sort of messed up wacko ideas are floating around their heads regarding what is going on in the real world.
- One of the perks of Adrants is that it spots new, whacko trends in the advertising world just about sooner than anyone.
- I'd already done the book on Cobain's murder and I didn't want to get typecast in the book world as this wacko conspiracy nut.
noun (plural wackos or wackoes)
A crazy person: a trailer park peopled by exotic wackos and misfits...
- In any case, I do think that trying to characterize the anti-war movement by the wackos is just what I said: a misrepresentation of the political opposition.
- This is not to say we didn't get our share of itinerant whackos.
- It appears to me to be one whacko testifying against another.
Origin
1970s: from wacky + -o.