nutcase
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of nutcase
First recorded in 1955–60; nut ( def. ) + case 1 ( def. )
Example Sentences
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On Wednesday multiple news outlets revealed the purported headliner of "Borat Subsequent Moviefilm" to be none other than Rudy Giuliani, President Donald Trump's trusted lawyer and cable news's favorite nutcase.
From Salon • Oct. 23, 2020
Mia is a sweet girl, but her mother is a nutcase.
From Slate • Dec. 5, 2019
And they presented their theory after literally hundreds of books had been written about different nutcase theories, and people understandably said, “Well, here’s another one.”
From The New Yorker • Jun. 24, 2016
"You're presenting an unbalanced view of a nutcase who has sent all these texts."
From BBC • Jan. 12, 2015
And he wasn’t a nutcase, he wasn’t a sociopath, he wasn’t an out-cast.
From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer
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