wackiness

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Recent Examples of wackiness And with those road destinations, there’s plenty of room for late-season winter weather wackiness. Tyler Estep, AJC.com, 13 May 2026 These flashes of melancholy or yearning give the record complexity and depth, as well as stopping it from devolving into wackiness. Alastair Shuttleworth, Pitchfork, 2 May 2026 Fashion Week wackiness ensues, but critics can’t get too enthused for it. Bethy Squires, Vulture, 30 Apr. 2026 The real wackiness comes from the extra accessories. Will Greenwald, PC Magazine, 29 Apr. 2026 Speaking of which, the soundtrack also overdoses a bit on the calculated wackiness of vintage cuts by Bonzo Dog Band, the Monty Python-adjacent 1960s British novelty music act. Dennis Harvey, Variety, 14 Mar. 2026 There’s absolutely skill involved, but there’s also a lot of wackiness there, too, with random bounces deciding which teams get breakaways or odd-man rushes. James Mirtle, New York Times, 26 Feb. 2026 But wackiness aside, the nuts and bolts of recruiting go far beyond what antics coaches get up to on the road. Idaho Statesman, 5 Feb. 2026 But the few that do have been epic in their sheer wackiness. Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for wackiness
Noun
  • Fewer than one per cent of Americans charged with felonies plead insanity, and the great majority of those who do have previously been hospitalized with a serious psychiatric condition.
    Ian Parker, New Yorker, 14 Sep. 2026
  • And the polarizing trial of Lindsay Clancy, a labor-and-delivery nurse who pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity after killing her three children in 2023, has captivated the country since July.
    Emily St. Martin, Los Angeles Times, 11 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • Just 42 minutes of 10-run madness … all after this game should have been over.
    Jayson Stark, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2026
  • While operating, Joseph shakes off the space madness by recalling La’an’s advice.
    Keith Phipps, Vulture, 3 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • The key is simplicity and predictability, giving producers confidence that American locations can compete with foreign alternatives.
    Sam Roseme, HollywoodReporter, 5 Sep. 2026
  • Complexity can disguise poor thinking, while simplicity can expose it.
    Ricardo Bellino, Forbes.com, 4 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • Jacksonville has a successful Triple-A franchise, the Jumbo Shrimp, that won its league last year, bringing fun theme nights, quirky mascots and between-inning craziness.
    Letters to the Editor, The Orlando Sentinel, 23 Aug. 2026
  • And there’s plenty more moving yet outrageous craziness to come.
    Alex Ritman, Variety, 7 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • Coworkers spin up absurd theories about each other, and this setting—the office as the most fertile breeding ground for speculation—allows Park’s absurdities to bend plausibility without breaking it.
    James Folta, Literary Hub, 10 Sep. 2026
  • Georgian life in that period was extremely difficult, but there was also a kind of absurdity to it, even a charm.
    JD Linville, Variety, 8 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • Adding to the mind-blowing zaniness of the piece?
    Paige Reddinger, Robb Report, 12 June 2026
  • As was the case in the first season as well, the finale escalates to a place of thrilling zaniness, with a little less ultimate emotional gravitas this time around.
    Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 16 Apr. 2026

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“Wackiness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wackiness. Accessed 17 Sep. 2026.

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