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loco

[loh-koh] / ˈloʊ koʊ /


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This is a place that has driven the Three Lions absolutely loco.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 5, 2026

"The loco pilot, on observing the herd of elephants, applied emergency brakes. However, elephants dashed with the train," he said.

From Barron's Dec. 20, 2025

Starting with an ominous echoing sound, he begins to sing “Como Basquiat, ‘toy bien loco como Basquiat” over a simple trap beat.

From Los Angeles Times Oct. 1, 2024

He was also asked about his understanding of the term "in loco parentis", namely having responsibilities for children in the absence of their parents or guardians.

From BBC Jan. 24, 2024

It was bad enough having Count Olaf acting in loco parentis and announcing himself as their father, but to consider this man her husband, even for the purposes of a play, was even more dreadful.

From "The Bad Beginning" by Lemony Snicket

Someone who prefers potatoes is getting way less for their money than someone who’s locos for Doritos.

From The Verge Jan. 6, 2022

And it looks like vegan chicharrones locos at El Rey.

From New York Times Jul. 28, 2015

Should you eat the papas bravas the same night as the chicharrones locos, you may wish they did not both depend on the pineapple hot sauce and the cashew cream.

From New York Times Jul. 28, 2015

Some of the locos blow up a few feet and settle back on the tracks as if heaving a big sigh.

From Time Magazine Archive

Six whigs had answered: the seventh was being called: the locos were grinning, and twisting their fingers at the apex of their noses!

From The Humors of Falconbridge A Collection of Humorous and Every Day Scenes by Falconbridge

Moreover, he is locoed and has other defects.

From Time Magazine Archive

Yes, men, he certainly is bumped in the bean and locoed in his arms.

From The Snow-Burner by Henry Oyen

The old Sage Brush local is locoed 'way up toward S'liny.

From The Reclaimers by Margaret Hill McCarter

When people get locoed this way, the only thing is to humor them and give them a chance to rest satisfied in something––no matter what, much,––only so 187 they are not hectored.

From The Eye of Dread by Payne Erskine

"I knowed he was crazy," he said, "but I didn't know he was as plumb locoed as that."

From Hope Hathaway A Story of Western Ranch Life by Frances Parker




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