whackadoo
Completely off-kilter person
Whackadoo describes someone or something crazy, eccentric, or wildly irrational: My whackadoo neighbor thinks the government is controlling his thoughts.
The word is playful and dismissive rather than clinical—it suggests harmless nuttiness more than genuine mental illness.
Also spelled whack-a-doo or wackadoo.
As a noun, a whackadoo is such a person: The meeting attracted the usual whackadoos.
Recklessly impulsive person
- loonyAbsurdly irrational
- goofyAmusingly foolish or absurd
- sillyFrivolous or absurd
- kookyOddball in manner
nutty · bonkers · batty · cockamamie · harebrained · slapstick · buffoonery · clownish
Peculiar person, dismissively
- crackpotEccentric with strange ideas
- oddballEccentric individual
- kookEccentric or strange person
- nutcaseEccentric or deranged person
fruitcake · screwball · crank · character · original · misfit · nonconformist · loose cannon
Mentally unhinged
- insaneSeverely mentally disturbed
- ridiculousInviting scorn through absurdity
- preposterousCompletely contrary to reason
- absurdWildly illogical
ludicrous · off-the-wall · out there · bananas · unhinged · deranged · unglued · cockamamie
madcap
Recklessly impulsive person
kooky · nutty · bonkers · batty · cockamamie · harebrained · slapstick · buffoonery · clownish · antics
weirdo
Peculiar person, dismissively
nutcase · fruitcake · screwball · crank · character · original · misfit · nonconformist · loose cannon · wild card
crazy
Mentally unhinged
- insaneSeverely mentally disturbed
- ridiculousInviting scorn through absurdity
- preposterousCompletely contrary to reason
absurd · ludicrous · off-the-wall · out there · bananas · unhinged · deranged · unglued · cockamamie · far-out
whackadoosane
Mentally healthy, clearheaded
rational · stable · lucid · balanced · well-adjusted
whackadoonormal
Conforming to standard
conventional · ordinary · mainstream · strait-laced · conformist
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