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screw⋅y

  [skroo-ee]
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–adjective, screw⋅i⋅er, screw⋅i⋅est. Slang.
1. crazy; nutty: I think you're screwy, refusing an invitation to the governor's dinner.
2. disconcertingly strange: There's something screwy about his story.
3. absurdly peculiar or impractical; ridiculous: screwy ideas.
Origin:
1810–20; screw + -y 1
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screw·y   (skrōō'ē)   
adj.   screw·i·er, screw·i·est Slang

  1. Eccentric; crazy.

  2. Ludicrously odd, unlikely, or inappropriate.

screw'i·ness n.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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screwy

  1. mod.
    crazy. : I've never heard such a screwy idea.
  2. mod.
    alcohol intoxicated. : I've never seen anybody so screwy.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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