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nutjob

nutjob

18 9.5
A person who acts in a very strange or foolish way
  • noun
  • /ˈnʌtˌdʒɑb/
  • Slur
: loco
  • Boy, this guy's a real nutjob, huh?
  • call a nutjob

Clinton Cash, Clinton Cash, the book written by Peter Schweitzer and editor of the right wing nutjob goddamned fascist website Breitbart.

Examples

  • Thank God they arrested that nutjob.

  • We've got ourselves a good old-fashioned nutjob.

  • The kid was a nutjob.

    Fiction book (2001)
  • You know, Marina was a major nutjob in her own right.

  • We're acting like a bunch of nutjobs.

  • Your friends already think I'm some kind of nutjob and that was before Ellie went missing.

  • These guys are nutjobs.

  • After watching his strange behavior at the party, I truly believe he's a complete nutjob.

  • Everyone in town knew that the man shouting random things in the street was a nutjob.

  • She often made bizarre comments, leading her friends to call her a nutjob for her irrational ideas.

Synonyms

nut
vsnutjob
  • Informal
199 7.5

A person who behaves in a silly or strange way

is insulting and focuses on very strange or irrational behaviour
weirdo
vsnutjob
  • Offensive
138 7.0

A person who acts in a strange or unusual way

is more insulting and emphasizes irrational or very foolish actions
madman
vsnutjob
  • Offensive
108 6.4

A man who acts very strangely or dangerously and may be mentally ill

is insulting and applies to any person, not only men, for irrational acts
crackpot
vsnutjob
  • Offensive
38 8.2

A person who has strange or unrealistic ideas

is used mainly to insult odd or irrational behaviour, not only strange ideas
kook
vsnutjob
  • Offensive
37 8.8

A person who behaves in a very strange or wild way

is insulting and focuses on irrational foolishness rather than mere oddness
nutcase
vsnutjob
  • Offensive
36 8.6

A person who behaves very strangely and may be dangerous

is mainly an insult for very strange or irrational behaviour
wacko
vsnutjob
  • Offensive
31 8.5

Something, like a person or an idea, that is very strange

is more insulting and stresses foolish or irrational behaviour
oddball
vsnutjob
  • Offensive
18 7.2

A person who acts in a strange way

is an insulting label that stresses irrational or very foolish behaviour
whacko
vsnutjob
  • Offensive
14 9.7

A person who behaves in strange or silly ways

is insulting and emphasizes foolish or irrational conduct rather than mere eccentricity
numb nuts
vsnutjob
  • Offensive
10 9.9

A person who behaves in a very stupid or careless way

is harsher and targets very strange or irrational behaviour rather than mere incompetence
nutbag
vsnutjob
  • Offensive
4 8.6

A person who acts in a silly or strange way

is harsher and stresses irrational or very foolish behaviour
nutball
vsnutjob
  • Offensive
4 8.5

A person who acts silly or strange to make others laugh

is more insulting and implies serious irrational or foolish behaviour
loco
vsnutjob
  • Offensive
4 9.8

A person who behaves in a strange or wild way

is insulting and suggests extreme foolishness or irrational actions
screwball
vsnutjob
  • Offensive
4 8.3

A person who behaves in a strange, silly way

is more insulting and highlights foolish or irrational actions rather than whimsy
total psycho
vsnutjob
  • Offensive
3 9.1

A person who acts in a very angry, dangerous, or unpredictable way

is insulting but less extreme about complete irrationality
bobo
vsnutjob
  • Offensive
2 9.8

A person who behaves in a silly or foolish way

is harsher and targets irrational or very strange behaviour not only stupidity
barney
vsnutjob
  • Offensive
1 8.8

A person who behaves in a silly or foolish way

is more insulting and implies odd or irrational behaviour beyond simple foolishness
total nutcase
vsnutjob
  • Offensive
1 8.8

A person who acts in a way that seems crazy

is insulting and stresses foolish or irrational behaviour rather than mere eccentricity
lunatic
vsnutjob
  • Offensive
1 6.2

A person who acts in a wild or reckless way

focuses on odd or foolish behaviour rather than reckless dangerousness
bizarro
vsnutjob
  • Slang
1 9.9

A person who behaves very strangely

is insulting and adds judgement about irrational or foolish conduct rather than oddness
weirdie
vsnutjob
  • Offensive
1 9.9

A person who acts in a strange way that others find unpleasant

is harsher and labels behaviour as foolish or irrational rather than merely unpleasant
nutcake
vsnutjob
  • Offensive
1 9.1

An insulting word for a person who acts very silly or strange

is similar but used more for extreme irrational or very strange actions
cheese monkey
vsnutjob
  • Slang
1 9.9

A person who acts silly and playful

is insulting and labels extreme irrational or very strange conduct instead of playfulness
McStupid
vsnutjob
  • Offensive
1 9.9

A rude slang name for someone who acts foolish or makes silly mistakes

is harsher and suggests irrational or very strange behaviour beyond mere silliness
crackbrain
vsnutjob
  • Offensive
1 9.9

A person with very foolish or wild ideas

focuses on irrational behaviour rather than merely bizarre ideas
ouf
vsnutjob
  • Offensive
1 9.9

A person who behaves in a wild or strange way

is insulting and stresses foolish or irrational behaviour rather than just wildness
total whackjob
vsnutjob
  • Offensive
9.9

A person who behaves in a very strange and unreasonable way that worries others

is insulting but focuses on strange or foolish acts not total insanity
meshuggener
vsnutjob
  • Offensive
9.9

People call someone silly or crazy as a friendly joke

is insulting and not friendly, labeling extreme irrational or foolish acts

How Insulting

psycho
  • Slur
277 9.5
nutjob
  • Slur
18 9.5
weirdo
  • Offensive
138 7.0
nut
  • Informal
199 7.5
oddball
  • Offensive
18 7.2
eccentric
10 7.0

Surface Forms

nutjob singular
nutjobs plural

Morphology

nutjob = nut + job (semi-transparent) = nut + job

The component 'nut' signals 'crazy person' clearly, but 'job' does not contribute a literal semantic role, making the compound partially predictable but informal and non‑compositional in nuance.

Etymology

The word nutjob mixes nut and job. nut is slang for someone 'crazy' and job makes it a person who does something, so a nutjob is a rude way to call someone who acts very strange or foolish.