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loco

[ loh-koh ]

noun

, plural lo·cos.
  1. Slang. an insane person; maniac.
  2. Veterinary Pathology. locoism.


verb (used with object)

, lo·coed, lo·co·ing.
  1. to poison with locoweed.
  2. Slang. to cause to be insane or crazy.

adjective

  1. Slang. out of one's mind; insane; crazy.

loco

1

/ ˈləʊkəʊ /

adjective

  1. denoting a price for goods, esp goods to be exported, that are in a place specified or known, the buyer being responsible for all transport charges from that place

    loco Bristol

    a loco price



loco

2

/ ˈləʊkəʊ /

adjective

  1. slang.
    insane
  2. (of an animal) affected with loco disease

noun

  1. short for locoweed

verb

  1. to poison with locoweed
  2. slang.
    to make insane

loco

3

/ ˈləʊkəʊ /

noun

  1. informal.
    short for locomotive

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Word History and Origins

Origin of loco1

1835–45, Americanism; < Spanish: insane

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Word History and Origins

Origin of loco1

C20: from Latin locō from a place

Origin of loco2

C19: via Mexican Spanish from Spanish: crazy

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Example Sentences

Reddit users worldwide went loco for the opportunity to ask the president of Taco Bell anything.

Cameron is in essence assuming the role of in loco parentis in relation to almost every household in Britain.

“Children of the Corn” borrows a lot of pulp staples: a found body; a rural hamlet; religion gone loco; evil kids.

Seqvitvr iam ex initio propositis tertium, nimirum vt exponatur, quonam tand loco rem Christianam his in locis offenderimus.

I perceive the deadly loco's odor there, and say it poison is; it drives them mad for evermore.

Mastrius (loco jam citato) tenet inseminationem esse necessariam.

There is a very real sense in which the crowd stands to his emotional life in loco parentis.

In another connection I have referred to the fact that the crowd stands to the member in loco parentis.

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