Wacko-pls. upgrade my vocabulary
Wacko-pls. upgrade my vocabulary
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Could somebody help me explaining the term "wacko"? English is not my native language.Thanks.
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corus
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Michael Jackson - The King of Pop or Wacko Jacko
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Wacko - nutter (in the UK)
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What's the context? Can you give us the sentence where you have seen it used?
It is slang, american certinaly, but maybe elsewhere too. wacko - wacky or whacky, "erratic or eccentric; seemingly quite irrational; crazy", out of whack, off kilter, nuts, goofy, strange, out of place, [probably some others too ... depending on how you have seen it used].
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Naresuan University
Phitsanulok
Thailand
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"A wacko idea would indicate it wasn't any good - not thought out - not clear - stupid"
Not always. I have heard it used for good as in:
John, "It is really boring here today. Let's go to the beach."
Bill, "Man that's a whacko of an idea! I'll get my surf board."
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Naresuan University
Phitsanulok
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A wacko idea may or may not work. Either way, it will be unexpected.
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Give it a good wack. Hit it hard
I wacked the ball over the fence.I hit it over the fence.
I'll give you a good wack (mother to child)= behave or I'll hit you.
It's out of wack = (something)doesn't work properly.
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You are absolutely correct, I woke up during the night thinking about it being spelt whack and not wack - guess my brain must have ben out of whack when I was typing my comments.
Naresuan University
Phitsanulok
Thailand