What does whack job mean?
Whack job means (colloquial, derogatory) A crazy, possibly dangerous, person..
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/ˈ(h)wækd͡ʒɑb/ · noun
(colloquial, derogatory) A crazy, possibly dangerous, person..
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.
"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."
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.
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.
Use whack job when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Whack job means (colloquial, derogatory) A crazy, possibly dangerous, person..
Common synonyms include basket case, freak, loony, nutjob.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
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.
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