wingnutty remark
- noun
- Slang
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comentario absurdo
- The debate took a turn when she made a wingnutty remark about the economy collapsing next year.
Examples
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Journalists criticized the senator’s wingnutty remark as out of touch with reality.
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His wingnutty remark about aliens controlling the government drew laughter from the audience.
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His latest wingnutty remark shocked everyone at the meeting.
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Can you believe that wingnutty remark he made yesterday?
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His wingnutty remark about aliens controlling the government drew laughter from the audience.
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Journalists criticized the senator’s wingnutty remark as out of touch with reality.
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The debate took a turn when she made a wingnutty remark about the economy collapsing next year.
Synonyms
10
9.9
Silly talk that is not true
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6.1
A rude or extreme remark that shocks people
A remark that is silly and not serious
A silly online comment that aims to confuse and provoke people
A silly or meaningless remark that is not serious
Antonyms
How Extreme
Surface Forms
Morphology
wingnutty + remark
The key element 'wingnutty' is slang formed from 'wingnut' (a political extremist) plus an adjectival '-y', a meaning that cannot be derived from the literal words 'wing' and 'nut' nor from the neutral noun 'remark'. This is a culture-specific, slangy formation whose political/pejorative sense is unpredictable for a B1 learner, so the expression is opaque.
Etymology
Wingnutty remark comes from US politics. People put wing, meaning one side of a party, and nut, meaning a 'crazy' person, together to create the image of someone with extreme views. That's why a wingnutty remark means a statement that sounds extreme or not sensible.