sicko

sicko

slang A person who is mentally or emotionally disturbed, especially when exhibiting perverse, violent, or sadistic actions or behavior. We were always warned as kids about sickos putting razorblades into apples when we went trick-or-treating on Halloween. The villain of the story turns out to be a total sicko, taking pleasure in torturing his victims.
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
See also:
  • a/one sick puppy
  • puppy
  • steel (someone or oneself) against (someone or something)
  • (one's) nerves are shot
  • come unhinged
  • bite (one's) lip
  • bite your lip
  • pally
  • pally (with someone)
  • pally with someone
References in periodicals archive
Before "Sicko" debuted in Cannes, it had already drawn serious fire from the likes of Fox News, Michelle Malkin, presidential hopeful Fred Thompson and the U.S.
The Dublin beauty warns this sicko has been stalking her for years.
That was the word last week when the director surfaced at a Gotham screening of Dean Devlin's activist doc "Who Killed the Electric Car?"--and "Sicko"s status was confirmed.
With interest in US healthcare minimal at best on this side of the pond, the success of Sicko here will come down to whether Moore is a big enough draw by himself.
Irish TV audiences listened while the' sicko explained how he got out of his bed during the night after dreaming about abusing young boys.
But the outsized Moore has otherwise been mum, and "Sicko" has no release date on the Weinsteins' slate as yet.
In Sicko, Moore talks to scores of Americans who have suffered because their insurers have refused to pay for treatment.
But since then, the usually outsized Moore has been mum on "Sicko's" health.
Unlike Moore's earlier films, Sicko's targets aren't really relevant to British viewers.
They believe the sicko may own a motor which was being driven erratically outside her home.
What kind of sicko gets enjoyment out of maiming or killing defenceless creatures ?
Police in Canada are hunting the sicko, fearing he may be gearing up for a sexual assault.
Last week you again revealed how the sicko raped a young girl when she was just 11.
The vile sicko is in Midlands prison and blew his top recently when detectives called to tell him the Director of Public Prosecutions intends appealing the leniency of his sentence.
A spokesman for Wiltshire police said yesterday: "He's what you might describe as a real sicko.