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screw⋅y

[skroo-ee]
–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.
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