nutjob

or nut job

[ nuht-job ]
/ ˈnʌtˌdʒɒb /

noun Slang.

a crazy or eccentric person; nutcase; nut: When Tom gets excited he can act like a real nutjob.

Origin of nutjob

First recorded in 1970–75; nut (in the slang sense “eccentric, crazy person”) + job1 (in the slang sense “an example of a type”)

Words nearby nutjob

nutcracker, nutcracker suite, nutgall, nuthatch, nuthouse, nutjob, nutlet, nutley, nutmeat, nutmeg, nutmeg geranium

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