whackjobとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

From whack(y) +‎ job(bie).

発音

• (General American) IPA: /ˈ(h)wækd͡ʒɑb/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˈwækd͡ʒɒb/

名詞

whackjob (plural whackjobs)

1. (colloquial, derogatory) A crazy, possibly dangerous, person.
   • 1992, Elmore Leonard, Rum Punch:

     "He called the guy who owns the gun shop a 'whackjob' and said he's going to take him down if it's the last thing he does."

   • 2003, Michael Graham, Redneck Nation: How the South Really Won the War:

     One of America's most prominent Confederistas is Michael Hill, head whackjob at the looney League of the South—an obscure organization that has already declared southern cultural independence.

   • 2004: Mark. St. Amant, Committed: Confessions of a Fantasy Football Junkie

     Ronald Reagan took his oath as the fortieth president in American history and, three months later, took a bullet from some wackjob trying to impress the future star of The Silence of the Lambs.

   • 2025 December 1, Noah, “Midnight Meme Of The Day! How Republican Leadership Spent The Week Of Thanksgiving”, in DownWithTyranny‎, archived from the original on 23 December 2025:

     Then there's another typical whackjob republican, JD "Heartbeat Away" Vance. He's also just the kind that his voters love, dumb, psychotic, and a real user, not to mention the usual racist douchebaggery that always seems to go with being a republican.

同意語

• (crazy, possibly dangerous person): basket case, freak, loony, nutjob, nutter, screwball, wacko, wingnut