nutjob

nut·job | \ ˈnət-ˌjäb

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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

Examples of nutjob in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web No danger at all of being snowed in with a murderous nutjob lot at the Rookery. — Sarah Rense, Esquire, "A Shining Pop-up Bar Is Opening Just in Time for Winter to Drive You Crazy," 17 Jan. 2018 Next comes Bobbi, a cheerful 20something actress from California who seems at first charmingly naïve before revealing herself as a serious nutjob. — Pam Kragen, sandiegouniontribune.com, "At North Coast Rep, casting keeps 'Red Hot Lovers' laughs on track," 10 Sep. 2017 The premise seemed to set up a wacky sci-fi comedy about the one sane man among a group of nutjobs. — James Poniewozik, New York Times, "Review: ‘People of Earth’ Returns for Affectingly Close Encounters," 23 July 2017

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“Nutjob.” The Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster Inc., https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/nutjob. Accessed 17 January 2020.

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