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whack⋅o

  [hwak-oh, wak-oh] noun, plural whack⋅os, adjective Slang.
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–noun
1. wacko.
–adjective
2. wacky.
Origin:
1975–80; whack(y) + -o
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wack·o   (wāk'ō)   
n.   pl. wack·os also whack·os Slang
A person regarded as eccentric or irrational: "a catchy pop portrait of a wacko who talks to himself in French" (Phoebe Hoban).
adj.  Wacky.

[Alteration of wacky.]
whack·o   (hwāk'ō, wāk'ō)   
n.   Slang
Variant of wacko.
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