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Locoing

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lo⋅co

  [loh-koh] noun, plural -cos, verb, -coed, -co⋅ing, adjective
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–noun
1. locoweed.
2. Slang. an insane person; maniac.
3. Veterinary Pathology. locoism.
–verb (used with object)
4. to poison with locoweed.
5. Slang. to cause to be insane or crazy.
–adjective
6. Slang. out of one's mind; insane; crazy.
Origin:
1835–45, Americanism; < Sp: insane
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lo·co 1   (lō'kō)   
adj.   Slang
Mad; insane.
n.   pl. lo·cos

  1. See locoweed.

  2. See loco disease.

tr.v.   lo·coed, lo·co·ing, lo·cos

  1. To poison with locoweed.

  2. Slang To make insane; craze.


[Spanish, crazy, possibly from Arabic lawqā', foolish, feminine sing. of 'alwaq, from lāqa, to soften; see lwq in Semitic roots.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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Slang Dictionary
loco [ˈloko]

  1. mod.
    crazy. (From Spanish.) : Who is that loco kid jumping up and down in the front seat?
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Word Origin & History

loco 
1844, Amer.Eng., from Sp. loco (adj.) "insane," of uncertain origin, perhaps from Arabic lauqa, fem. of 'alwaq "fool, crazy person." Loco-weed (1879) was name given to species of western U.S. plants that cause cattle and horse diseases that make them stagger and act strangely.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: 2loco
Function: transitive verb
: to poison with locoweed
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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