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wacko

[wak-oh] / ˈwæk oʊ /






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Some days nobody wants to talk to you because they know there’s going to be some wacko on the other side.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 10, 2026

In April, he was expelled from the House of Commons for calling the prime minister a "wacko".

From BBC ● Jan. 8, 2025

Meanwhile, the wacko breakout “Everything Everywhere All at Once” made more than $100 million around the world and Baz Luhrmann’s “Elvis” doubled that.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 11, 2023

"We obviously can't be surprised if we lose. We're not that wacko," he told the outlet.

From Salon ● Nov. 18, 2022

He thought maybe he should act a little wacko, so everyone would believe that he’d been freaked out by the notion of being closed in, cut off from the outside world.

From "Found" by Margaret Peterson Haddix

When wackos say this, I pay no attention.

From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2026

These wackos want to ruin everything about your life, but they don’t mind littering.

From Washington Times ● Nov. 20, 2023

"When we began working on this 12 years ago and talked about plastic fragments in water, people took us for wackos and now it is a recognised problem."

From Reuters ● Aug. 25, 2023

By and large, the world is increasingly run by ignoramuses, wackos and psychotics.

From Salon ● Jul. 23, 2019

Maybe she puts this crumb under there before every new patient to sort out the true wackos.

From "Popcorn" by Rob Harrell


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