whackjob
/ˈ(h)wækd͡ʒɑb/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.34 in modern English
29
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- ""He called the guy who owns the gun shop a 'whackjob' and said he's going to take him down if it's the last thing he does.""
- "One of America's most prominent Confederistas is Michael Hill, head whackjob at the looney League of the South—an obscure organization that has already declared southern cultural independence."
- "2004: Mark. St. Amant, Committed: Confessions of a Fantasy Football Junkie Ronald Reagan took his oath as the fortieth president in American history and, three months later, took a bullet from some wackjob trying to impress the future star of The Silence of the Lambs."
- "Then there's another typical whackjob republican, JD "Heartbeat Away" Vance. He's also just the kind that his voters love, dumb, psychotic, and a real user, not to mention the usual racist douchebaggery that always seems to go with being a republican."
Etymology
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈ(h)wækd͡ʒɑb/
- British English: /ˈwækd͡ʒɒb/