whacky

whacky: (wacky)

adj

crazed, eccentric, insane. This now widespread colloquialism seems to have originated in northern English dialect meaning a fool (either by analogy with 'slap-happy' or as an imitation of 'quacking' speech). The word was par-ticularly popular in the 1980s.

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whacky — [wak′ē] adj. whackier, whackiest alt. sp. of WACKY … English World dictionary
whacky baccy — n marihuana. A humorous nickname from whacky (eccentric or crazy) and baccy (tobacco) … Contemporary slang
whacky — variant of wacky … New Collegiate Dictionary
whacky — /hwak ee, wak ee/, adj., whackier, whackiest. Slang. wacky. * * * … Universalium
whacky — (Roget s Thesaurus II) adjective See wacky … English dictionary for students
whacky — whack|y [ wæki ] another spelling of wacky … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
whacky — (alt.)/wacky (pref.) … Bryson’s dictionary for writers and editors
whacky — [[t](h)wæ̱ki[/t]] see wacky … English dictionary
whacky — adj. wacky, strange, odd; crazy, loony, silly (Slang) … English contemporary dictionary
whacky — adjective variant spelling of wacky … English new terms dictionary

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