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noun nut·job \ ˈnət-ˌjäb \
variants: or nut job

Definition of nutjob

informal
: a mentally unbalanced person : a crazy person
  • Weird, erratic, and alcoholic, [he] was the kind of nutjob it was easy, if not irresistible, to demonize.
  • —Jennifer Reese

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Origin and Etymology of nutjob

1nut + 1job

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