nutjob

nutjob

1. offensive slang A derogatory term for someone who is insane or psychotic. Some nutjob went rambling through the mall this morning wearing nothing but a plastic bag around his waist, screaming incomprehensibly at anyone who went near him. When you reach a certain level of celebrity, you inevitably start getting stalked by the occasional nutjob.
2. slang An eccentric, wild, or unorthodox person. You're such a nutjob, Tim—I can't believe you ate the entire thing by yourself! My whole family thinks I'm a bit of a nutjob because I practice holistic medicine.
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
See also:
  • nutter
  • nut case
  • nutcase
  • nutcake
  • foundry
  • nut factory
  • nut-foundry
  • nuthatch
  • nuthouse
  • nuttery
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nutjob against On Thursday's, it's about APPLE'S JADE (1.50) who took care of Nichols Canyon with ease earlier in the month and should do so again.
As we know, flaky Neil, who's currently the most entertaining nutjob in Corrie, bar Mary, doesn't need much encouragement to pull a crazy stunt, but the fear of his wife grabbing Tim's window cleaning ladder and clambering onto the roof of The Rovers in protest.
If you were smart, you took Nutjob's advice when offered.
She showed a nice burst of pace from trap six, and kicked on at the bend to hold Nicky Nutjob by over a length in 29.20sec.
Anyway, Bashar, I understood that you have much responsibility as a sociopathic nutjob, but it takes a toll on the family.
He only had Au18 trillion to spend, Au24 million of which he wasted on Italian nutjob Mario Ballotelli.
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The one and only nutjob herself, La Toya Jackson, is going to be launched into the reality TV arena.
Fox News 'commentator' calls for an Iranian holocaust Fox News has always been that place where nutjob conservatives ramble about how poor people and foreigners are ruining the world (or at least, America).
Verily, this Scott Marshal-lhelmed production has several nutjob supporting performances that almost rescue its hackneyed plot, but there's not enough consistent madness to keep the film from what will be a fleeting theatrical career, followed by entombment on homevid.
Another part of me thinks that a reasonable person reading such posts can certainly have enough presence of mind to consider the source, and can spot a nutjob when we read one.
As the magazine's Official Nutjob, I have rightly been cordoned off.
The Mayor of London described Mr McKinnon as a "classic British nutjob" who should be protected by the Government.