psycho

psycho

1. adjective, offensive slang A shortening of "psychopathic," used generally to mean crazy or mentally unstable and likely to engage in harmful antisocial behavior. I still get weird phone calls from my psycho ex-boyfriend from time to time. I had a real psycho professor last year who used to scream and shout at us throughout the lecture.
2. noun, offensive slang A shortening of "psychopath," used generally to mean a crazy or mentally unstable person, typically one who engages in harmful antisocial behavior. Don't be such a psycho—if you don't want something, just say so, don't throw it across the room at me! You've got to be careful at night, man—a lot of psychos out there.
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

psycho

n. a psychopathic person; a crazy person. Pat is turning into a real psycho.
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
See also:
  • SBD
  • spastic
  • sweet
  • sweeter
  • appropriate for
  • gonzo
  • preppie
  • preppy
  • bulletproof
  • white knuckle
References in periodicals archive
'We realised that there is lack of common understanding of psycho social support and even the way we offer services differs in many cases.
CDC moves to mainstream psycho social support
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Psycho was shot between 11 November 1959 and 1 February i960, and premiered in New York City on 16 June 1960.
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Five-time chase winner Psycho, the mount of Paul Carberry, has not won a hurdle race since October 2009 while Tawaagg, who has also won over fences and on the Flat, is bidding for a first hurdles success since landing a novice event at that year's Galway festival.
Tawaagg and Psycho on scent of hurdle win
Some personalities are much more vulnerable to psycho trauma.
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SELECTIONS CHELTENHAM: 11.40 I'm Delilah, 12.10 First Fandango, 12.45 Time For Rupert, 1.20 Karabak, 1.55 Master Minded, 2.30 PSYCHO (NAP), 3.05 Silviniaco Conti, 3.40 Court In Motion.
Psycho can spoil party
Psycho butted in with, "Yeah, they practically Googled us, put in UAE bands and we were the first ones there and they liked us!"
Nikotin go big
The next stop on our tour of the world's medically themed restaurants is Psycho Donuts in Campbell, Calif.
Deep-fried controversy
Okay, so you managed to run the gauntlet of picketers at Psycho Donuts and snag yourself a couple of Bipolars on the way to work.
Indications
So it's a case of you pays your money and you take your choice between Psycho and Robin Du Bois in the Pierse at 2.20.
Horse Racing: Martin mad keen on Psycho punt; LEOPARDSTOWN
Russo-Young made a fearless choice for her third short film, Marion--a deconstruction of Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho (1960), "...
Marion
In her NP role, she will be based in the psycho geriatric unit and will oversee patients transition to rest-home care.
Nurse practitioner count reaches 42
"Psycho II" and "Roadgames" helmer Richard Franklin died July 11 in Melbourne, Australia, of prostate cancer.
Richard Franklin
Down there in a basement you had lived like a rat with good old Psycho, in a lice-ridden hole below street level in a kind of cellar, the walls green with mould.
From Flotsam & Jetsam