Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A crazy or eccentric person.
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- noun humorous An
eccentric orodd person. - noun pejorative, slang Someone who is
insane .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun someone deranged and possibly dangerous
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Examples
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Idiot demint knows nothing – he called Healthcare reform Obama's waterloo and turned out to be his – this nutcase is your typical GOP leader who knows nothing.
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In Louisiana, though, every important occasion has a nutcase waiting in the wings … and all too often, the nutcase is an elected official.
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I love it when people argue about whether a total nutcase is right-wing or left-wing.
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Roger the Shrubber: I love it when people argue about whether a total nutcase is right-wing or left-wing.
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Fortunately this type of nutcase is to the Democratic Party what neo-Nazis are to the GOP.
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“Who the fuck you calling a nutcase?!” she screams into the phone.
Daddy Long Stroke Cairo 2010
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Go to h$ll pat and take your hatred with you, freakin nutcase.
Think Progress » Fox News: Guantanamo Bay may open its doors to Haitian refugees. 2010
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Though described as a nutcase, David Koresh, and particularly those who were following this false messiah, were innocent until proven guilty and minding their own business and should have been treated that way by the ATF and FBI assault teams.
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Though described as a nutcase, David Koresh, and particularly those who were following this false messiah, were innocent until proven guilty and minding their own business and should have been treated that way by the ATF and FBI assault teams.
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From his point of view, he's calling on god to to the dirty work - that's what an imprecatory prayer is - though of course he might well think that god had answered his prayer if some nutcase (human nutcase, that is) listened to this and did go ahead & rid him of these people he sees as his enemies.
Planet Atheism 2009
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