wingnut n.1
an eccentric, a fool; also as adj.
Secrets of Harry Bright (1986) 55: He’d been called Wingnut since Grammar school. | ||
Homeboy 22: Where is that tragic wingnut? | ||
Hope College ‘Dict. of New Terms’ 🌐 wingnut adj. Describes a person who is unintelligent, stupid, or crazy. | ||
Wire ser. 5 ep. 7 [TV script] Some wingnut starts killing people. | ‘Took’||
Guardian 13 Jan. 🌐 [W]ingnut old hams who find themselves currently between jobs. | ||
Eve. Standard 11 Nov. 11/3: Mrs Obama [...] wrote ‘The whole thing was crazy [...] deliberately meant to stir up the wingnuts and kooks’. | ||
Twitter 10 Apr. 🌐 it also takes in far-right YouTube wingnuts, galaxy-brained celebrities, InfoWars, David Icke, Russia Today. |