sickie

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Recent Examples of sickie Also in flu news, one of the few medications available might not be right for every sickie, especially healthy children and young adults. Editors, USA TODAY, 15 Feb. 2018
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Noun
  • Tyler Perry's gone full sicko mode with Beauty in Black, a soapy thriller about an exotic dancer who infiltrates the lives of the Bellarie beauty dynasty and disrupts its connections to a seedy criminal underbelly.
    Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 11 Sep. 2025
  • After the horrific attack, a $10,000 reward was offered for information leading to the sicko’s arrest.
    Elizabeth Keogh, New York Daily News, 17 June 2024
Noun
  • Boiled down to a thoughtless pervert by the public, Six became one.
    Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 21 Aug. 2025
  • What follows is a floor-by-floor descent into madness as Bobby battles bloodthirsty perverts, demonic flash mobs, and hallucinogenic suburban nightmares, all while trying to figure out if he’s meant to be the hero… or just the last guy standing.
    Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 14 July 2025
Noun
  • Repurpose an old rake to make this easy fall door decoration.
    Savanna Bous, Better Homes & Gardens, 17 Sep. 2025
  • Unfortunately for her, Sebastian Brooks, the Duke of Whitfield, is on the same voyage, and the rake is as frustrating and handsome as ever.
    Mia Sosa, PEOPLE, 15 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Video and Audio Protection The idea that some online perv could connect to your webcam and spy on you is enough to give anyone the creeps.
    PCMAG, PCMAG, 13 Jan. 2025
  • The perv — who has dreadlocks and wore a backpack with a Puerto Rican flag tied to it — fled on foot, according to law enforcement.
    Colin Mixson, New York Daily News, 3 Aug. 2024
Noun
  • Created by Rob Mac (formerly McElhenney, who also plays the character Mac), the Emmy-deserving series premiered 20 years ago on Aug. 4, 2005, introducing the world to a gang of morally bankrupt degenerates running the least successful bar in Philly, Paddy's Pub.
    James Mercadante, EW.com, 4 Aug. 2025
  • Novak: The fact that this group of degenerates, these bloodsucking, mass-murdering vampires and wannabe vampires, [could be] so lovable is amazing.
    Michael Ordoña, Los Angeles Times, 28 May 2025
Noun
  • Mama tried, as the song famously says, but young Merle acted out by becoming a rather dedicated juvenile delinquent from the time of that death until his early 20s, constantly in and out of jails or other facilities where beatings became a way of life.
    Chris Willman, Variety, 30 Aug. 2025
  • In 1877: Already known as a delinquent and thief, Billy the Kid shot an Arizona blacksmith in a fight over a poker game.
    DAILY BRIEFING, AZCentral.com, 17 Aug. 2025

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“Sickie.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sickie. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.

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