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191 lines
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{
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"wud":{
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"type":[
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"adjective"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": insane , mad":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8w\u00fcd"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"balmy",
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"barmy",
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"bats",
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"batty",
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"bedlam",
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"bonkers",
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"brainsick",
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"bughouse",
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"certifiable",
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"crackbrained",
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"cracked",
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"crackers",
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"crackpot",
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"cranky",
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"crazed",
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"crazy",
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"cuckoo",
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"daffy",
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"daft",
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"demented",
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"deranged",
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"fruity",
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"gaga",
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"haywire",
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"insane",
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"kooky",
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"kookie",
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"loco",
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"loony",
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"looney",
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"loony tunes",
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"looney tunes",
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"lunatic",
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"mad",
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"maniacal",
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"maniac",
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"mental",
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"meshuga",
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"meshugge",
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"meshugah",
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"meshuggah",
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"moonstruck",
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"non compos mentis",
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"nuts",
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"nutty",
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"psycho",
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"psychotic",
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"scatty",
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"screwy",
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"unbalanced",
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"unhinged",
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"unsound",
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"wacko",
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"whacko",
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"wacky",
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"whacky"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"balanced",
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"compos mentis",
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"sane",
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"sound",
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"uncrazy"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[
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"an old miser whose obsession with money had driven him wud"
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],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"alteration of wood entry 1":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{
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"circa 1699, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-195001"
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},
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"wussy":{
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"type":[
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"adjective",
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a weak, cowardly, or ineffectual person : wimp":[
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"Don't be such a wuss .",
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"acted like a total wuss",
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"I am not a wuss ; I refuse to be undone by fear.",
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"\u2014 Joline Godfrey",
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"I'm a wuss when it comes to pain. I did not wish to lose body parts.",
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"\u2014 Chuck Gallagher",
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"You don't like turtlenecks? You say they're too tight? What are you, some wussy ?",
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"\u2014 Frank Cammuso and Hart Seely",
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"\u2026 it can be galling to watch grown men pretend to be hurt. It's one thing to embellish a penalty, and another to act as though you are in pain when you are not. Maybe there are places where toughness is not a virtue and lying is not a vice, but, wherever you are, being a wuss is being a wuss .",
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"\u2014 Nick Paumgarten"
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]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8wu\u0307s"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"softy",
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"softie",
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"weakling",
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"wimp"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"powerhouse"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[
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"Don't be such a wuss .",
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"teased him for being a wuss when he failed the push-up test in gym class",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"Teach, who carries a gun, is a wuss about the rain. \u2014 New York Times , 14 Apr. 2022",
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"My girlfriend, Rachel, who is not a food wuss like me, unhesitatingly and hopefully tried the stuff. \u2014 Washington Post , 21 Jan. 2021",
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"While thinking of ways to be less of a wuss about cutting squashes, I was reminded of the life story of Peter Gordon, one of the top chefs and food writers in New Zealand. \u2014 Bee Wilson, WSJ , 17 Oct. 2020",
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"That simply wouldn\u2019t have happened in 2018\u2019s Republican Party, where Nixon probably would have been dismissed as a low-energy wuss . \u2014 Will Bunch, Philly.com , 4 Feb. 2018",
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"Camp 1 includes those who lament the wuss -ification of the game. \u2014 Paul Daugherty, Cincinnati.com , 31 Aug. 2017",
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"For you wusses who think otherwise, the Flip-n-Drip should be live on the site soon for $45. \u2014 Charlie Sorrel, WIRED , 31 Aug. 2009"
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],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"origin unknown":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{
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"1976, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-002745"
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},
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"wuss":{
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"type":[
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"adjective",
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a weak, cowardly, or ineffectual person : wimp":[
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"Don't be such a wuss .",
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"acted like a total wuss",
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"I am not a wuss ; I refuse to be undone by fear.",
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"\u2014 Joline Godfrey",
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"I'm a wuss when it comes to pain. I did not wish to lose body parts.",
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"\u2014 Chuck Gallagher",
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"You don't like turtlenecks? You say they're too tight? What are you, some wussy ?",
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"\u2014 Frank Cammuso and Hart Seely",
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"\u2026 it can be galling to watch grown men pretend to be hurt. It's one thing to embellish a penalty, and another to act as though you are in pain when you are not. Maybe there are places where toughness is not a virtue and lying is not a vice, but, wherever you are, being a wuss is being a wuss .",
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"\u2014 Nick Paumgarten"
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]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8wu\u0307s"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"softy",
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"softie",
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"weakling",
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"wimp"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"powerhouse"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[
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"Don't be such a wuss .",
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"teased him for being a wuss when he failed the push-up test in gym class",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"Teach, who carries a gun, is a wuss about the rain. \u2014 New York Times , 14 Apr. 2022",
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"My girlfriend, Rachel, who is not a food wuss like me, unhesitatingly and hopefully tried the stuff. \u2014 Washington Post , 21 Jan. 2021",
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"While thinking of ways to be less of a wuss about cutting squashes, I was reminded of the life story of Peter Gordon, one of the top chefs and food writers in New Zealand. \u2014 Bee Wilson, WSJ , 17 Oct. 2020",
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"That simply wouldn\u2019t have happened in 2018\u2019s Republican Party, where Nixon probably would have been dismissed as a low-energy wuss . \u2014 Will Bunch, Philly.com , 4 Feb. 2018",
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"Camp 1 includes those who lament the wuss -ification of the game. \u2014 Paul Daugherty, Cincinnati.com , 31 Aug. 2017",
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"For you wusses who think otherwise, the Flip-n-Drip should be live on the site soon for $45. \u2014 Charlie Sorrel, WIRED , 31 Aug. 2009"
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],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"origin unknown":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{
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"1976, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-065150"
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}
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} |