nutjob

or nut job

[ nuht-job ]

noun

, Slang.

1. a crazy or eccentric person; nutcase; nut:

   When Tom gets excited he can act like a real nutjob.

Word History and Origins

Origin of nutjob¹

First recorded in 1970–75; nut (in the slang sense “eccentric, crazy person”) + job ¹ (in the slang sense “an example of a type”)

Example Sentences

Mr. Trump said later he never knew about the China calls and dismissed Gen. Milley as a “complete nutjob” who “put our country in a very dangerous position.”

From Washington Times

An easy place to start was the screenshots: the QR codes for flights long ago boarded, privacy agreements I had to click to use an app, emails that were best forwarded to my husband via text and a message from Words With Friends that “nutjob” was not an acceptable word.

From New York Times

Since then, the GOP has become even less tethered to reality; and with its razor-thin majority, each and every nutjob will be even more empowered to tank the economy unless the entire Congress and Biden accept their demands.

From Washington Post

Mastriano is falling behind Josh Shapiro, Pennsylvania's Democratic attorney general, in the governor's race, largely due to the entirely correct perception that Mastriano is a Christian nationalist nutjob who wants to overthrow democracy and will try to steal the 2024 election for Trump, if he gains the power to do so.

From Salon

It was Newt who pushed the ur-right-wing nutjob conspiracy that Clinton aide Vince Foster was murdered.

From Washington Post