as in psychotic
unable to think in a clear or sensible way
that dog's straight loco, just running around in circles all day long
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as in to bother
to cause to go insane or as if insane
years of living alone had clearly locoed the old rancher
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Recent Examples of loco
Ryu Spaeth,
New Republic,
28 July 2017
Real investors survey the landscape and look for signs of a market gone loco.
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Andy Kessler,
WSJ,
2 July 2017
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As one of my colleagues said, this was straight loco.
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Ryu Spaeth,
New Republic,
28 July 2017
Real investors survey the landscape and look for signs of a market gone loco.
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Andy Kessler,
WSJ,
2 July 2017
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for loco
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The defense argued that Bland had a psychotic episode due to a COVID infection.
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The experience in question was a psychotic break that Murray endured in 2017 after spending several months involved with a wellness cult, coming to believe herself capable of powerful healing abilities.
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While some of the wives wouldn’t bother coming to games every Sunday, Michel said, many of the children saw the Feeney fathers as proper heroes.
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His pace routinely bothered Sweden, including on one impressive solo run in the first half that produced a quality attacking scenario.
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Or that Penélope Cruz’s sultry chilliness would jibe with either her male counterparts or Wilde’s diary-of-a-mad-housewife interpretation of a brittle, eager-to-impress woman brimming with creative frustration.
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Are Nationals fans still mad at Bryce Harper for leaving?
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The risk is that only a handful of clubs will be able to cough up those sums, unbalancing the market.
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The trouble was that this stance unbalanced him at home.
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The Lenovo ThinkBook 16 Gen 8 laptop shows up ready to work with a snappy Intel Core Ultra 7 processor, insane 32GB of RAM, and spacious 2TB SSD in its (figurative) briefcase.
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Eventually, though, Lestat breaks, coming clean about his tumultuous past with first lover Nicolas de Lenfent (Joseph Potter), who went insane after being attacked by Armand (Assad Zaman) in Paris in the late 18th century.
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Frank, moving, and just slightly deranged.
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Only sick, demented, or deranged people in the House or Senate could vote against THE SAVE AMERICA ACT.
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The president as a maniacal urban planner is a white-knuckle ride, with Washington — and Washingtonians — just holding on for dear life.
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One of Anthropic’s great strengths compared to its archrival OpenAI is its maniacal focus.
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The story quickly captivated an American public already more space-crazed than usual, thanks to the recent success of Artemis II.
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That crazed dinner service in the last episode made a huge impression on everyone.
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“Loco.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/loco. Accessed 30 Jun. 2026.
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