wacky
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wacky¹
- /ˈwæk.iː/
Rhymes with -æki
Where it comes from
From whack (“someone who whacked his head onto something often, hence being weird”) + -y.
adjective wackier · wackiest · whacky
- Zany; eccentric. Though the idea of placing wacky made-up characters in a real-life context was carried over from Da Ali G Show—wherein Buzz Aldrin was once asked if he was upset that Michael Jackson got all the credit for inventing the moonwalk—Sacha Baron Cohen’s Borat felt like something new, an attempt to square
wacky²
noun wackies · whacky
- Alternative form of wacke
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: zany, silly, goofy, kooky, cockamamy, barmy, dotty, daft, batty, loony, bats, insane, bonkers, foolish, fool, sappy
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title = {wacky},
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