as in psychotic
having or showing a very abnormal or sick state of mind
that dog's plumb loco, just running around in circles all day long
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as in to bother
to cause to go insane or as if insane
years of living alone had clearly locoed the old rancher
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Andy Kessler, WSJ, 2 July 2017
As one of my colleagues said, this was straight loco.
—Ryu Spaeth, New Republic, 28 July 2017
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Real investors survey the landscape and look for signs of a market gone loco.
—Andy Kessler, WSJ, 2 July 2017
As one of my colleagues said, this was straight loco.
—Ryu Spaeth, New Republic, 28 July 2017
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The counselor also told police Trotman had had a previous psychotic break in which he was found wandering the woods.Peter Hermann, Washington Post, 7 Feb. 2023
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Lewis prescribed Price anti-psychotic medication after a mental health referral Sept. 1.Thomas Saccente, Arkansas Online, 17 Jan. 2023
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Does Miss Manners have a suggestion for a polite way of indicating that, since they couldn’t be bothered to acknowledge the first gift, subsequent gifts should not be solicited?Judith Martin, The Mercury News, 8 Nov. 2024
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Never bothered to call, to write, to send the odd telegram.EW.com, EW.com, 1 Nov. 2024
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With his shock of spiky hair and adrenaline rushes, Smith turns a corporate villain into a lunatic new-wave frontman.Charles McNultyTheater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 30 Jan. 2023
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The first personality is the lunatic, chaotic artist, with no limits.John Bleasdale, Variety, 8 Dec. 2022
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During the media frenzy the then-21-year-old held a press conference, delivering a heartfelt resignation speech.Janine Rubenstein, Peoplemag, 27 July 2024
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Media frenzy aside, bed bug populations did rapidly increase around the world in the early 21st century.Alena Botros, Fortune Europe, 22 June 2024
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Contrary to popular belief, peanuts are actually not nuts.Clare Mulroy, USA TODAY, 30 Mar. 2023
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Nonetheless, April 5, 2022, was nuts.Childs Walker, Baltimore Sun, 16 Mar. 2023
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A little self-flagellation can be fun, but a Goofus-and-Gallant dynamic develops between Simone and Gigi that unbalances the drama.Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 28 Oct. 2024
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Moreover, releasing additional organisms into areas where there might already be a ladybug population could further unbalance the current ecosystem.Katie Liu, Discover Magazine, 7 Oct. 2024
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The sight of a covey of desert quail fills me with a mad, superhuman strength.Jack O’Connor, Outdoor Life, 6 Nov. 2024
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Then, like clockwork, a bunch of Democrats got mad.Hershal Pandya, Vulture, 29 Oct. 2024
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Written in black and white, the attacks look deranged.Oliver Darcy, CNN, 31 May 2023
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The busy, fevered covers—everyone looks deranged—practically shout for a browser’s attention, in contrast to the subtler ones gracing later Clowes books like Wilson (2010) and Patience (2016).Ed Park, The New York Review of Books, 14 Mar. 2023
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“Loco.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/loco. Accessed 17 Nov. 2024.
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