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434 lines
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{
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"Wace":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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"circa 1100\u2013after 1174 Anglo-Norman poet":[]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{},
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8w\u00e4s",
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"\u02c8w\u0101s"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-132153",
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"type":[
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"biographical name"
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]
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},
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"Wackenroder solution":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": a solution containing colloidal sulfur and polythionic acids obtained by passing hydrogen sulfide into a saturated aqueous solution of sulfur dioxide":[]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"probably after H. W. F. Wackenroder \u20201854 German chemist and apothecary":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8v\u00e4k\u0259n\u02ccr\u014dd\u0259(r)-"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-190245",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"wachna":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": a cod ( Eleginus nawaga ) of Alaska and Kamchatka":[]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Russian vakhnya":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8w\u00e4kn\u0259"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-063209",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"wack":{
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"antonyms":[
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"acceptable",
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"adequate",
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"all right",
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"decent",
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"fine",
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"OK",
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"okay",
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"passable",
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"respectable",
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"satisfactory",
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"standard",
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"tolerable"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": not up to the mark : lousy , lame":[
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"while there are skilled moments, there are wack ones as well",
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"\u2014 Danyel Smith"
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]
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},
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"examples":[
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"that movie was wack , even by the standards of popcorn flicks",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"To find out whether your taste in music is mad wack , try the A.I. bot for yourself. \u2014 Darlene Aderoju, PEOPLE.com , 25 Dec. 2020"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1984, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"probably alteration of wacky":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8wak"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[
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"bad",
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"bastard",
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"bush",
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"bush-league",
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"crummy",
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"crumby",
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"deficient",
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"dissatisfactory",
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"ill",
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"inferior",
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"lame",
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"lousy",
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"off",
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"paltry",
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"poor",
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"punk",
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"sour",
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"suboptimal",
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"subpar",
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"substandard",
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"unacceptable",
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"unsatisfactory",
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"wanting",
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"wretched",
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"wrong"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-064000",
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"type":[
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"adjective"
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]
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},
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"wacke":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": graywacke":[]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"German, from Middle High German, large stone, from Old High German waggo":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8wak\u0259"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-214513",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"wacked-out":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": stoned":[
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"whacked-out on drugs"
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],
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": wacky":[
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"a whacked-out parody"
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],
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": worn-out , exhausted":[]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{},
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-173806",
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"type":[
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"adjective"
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]
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},
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"wackiness":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": absurdly or amusingly eccentric or irrational : crazy":[
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"wacky ideas",
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"a wacky comedian"
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]
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},
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"examples":[
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"My wacky aunt takes a swim before the lake freezes every winter.",
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"the wacky world of his imagination",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"When Big Mouth launched, it was primarily focused on 7th graders Nick and Andrew, with their peers Jessi and Missy in their close orbit and then a wide range of wacky supporting characters floating on the outside. \u2014 Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter , 17 Mar. 2022",
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"The same brand of anti-establishment skepticism that draws a person like Melngailis to wellness culture can also leave them vulnerable to false gurus and dangerously wacky ideas. \u2014 Judy Berman, Time , 16 Mar. 2022",
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"This extends to the actual garments, items like argyle straitjackets that many would consider too wacky to wear. \u2014 New York Times , 4 Mar. 2022",
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"The merriment continues at Bockfest Hall Saturday and Sunday with a variety of fun, educational and just plain wacky events. \u2014 Luann Gibbs, The Enquirer , 2 Mar. 2022",
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"This one will most certainly keep you guessing on the who, what, where, why and how in the hell until the very wacky end. \u2014 Dana Feldman, Forbes , 31 Jan. 2022",
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"Television owners reported that their TVs were acting wacky . \u2014 Washington Post , 23 May 2021",
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"That\u2019s when the otherwise wild-and- wacky , up-for-anything TV personality displays the kind of gravitas needed for weather that\u2019s become a matter of life and death. \u2014 Richard A. Marini, San Antonio Express-News , 20 Apr. 2022",
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"The ruffle is perfectly wacky , and the bodice fits like a dream (or a sermon, depending on your affinity for Tammy Faye). \u2014 Rachel Tashjian, Harper's BAZAAR , 28 Mar. 2022"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"circa 1935, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"perhaps from English dialect whacky fool":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8wa-k\u0113"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[
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"bizarre",
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"bizarro",
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"cranky",
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"crazy",
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"curious",
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"eccentric",
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"erratic",
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"far-out",
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"funky",
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"funny",
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"kinky",
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"kooky",
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"kookie",
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"odd",
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"off-kilter",
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"off-the-wall",
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"offbeat",
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"out-of-the-way",
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"outlandish",
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"outr\u00e9",
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"peculiar",
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"quaint",
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"queer",
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"queerish",
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"quirky",
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"remarkable",
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"rum",
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"screwy",
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"spaced-out",
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"strange",
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"way-out",
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"weird",
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"weirdo",
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"wild"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-025614",
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"type":[
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"adjective",
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"adverb",
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"wacko":{
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"antonyms":[
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"bug",
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"crackbrain",
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"crazy",
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"fool",
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"fruitcake",
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"head case",
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"loon",
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"loony",
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"lunatic",
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"maniac",
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"nut",
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"nutcase",
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"nutter",
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"psycho",
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"psychopath",
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"sickie",
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"sicko"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": wacky":[]
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},
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"examples":[
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"Noun",
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"She's nice but her sister's a real wacko .",
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"some wacko has been sending the actress increasingly disturbing letters",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
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"Now, however, its inventors are back, and not with just another wacko , attention-getting stunt. \u2014 New York Times , 10 Mar. 2022",
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"That\u2019s because parents and coaches in the wacko worlds of youth hockey, basketball, soccer and football can be world-class jerks. \u2014 Washington Post , 6 Dec. 2021",
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"Was Tuesday wacko day for testimony in the Statehouse",
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"This writing team, their imaginations are just wacko brilliant. \u2014 Gary Goldstein, Los Angeles Times , 2 June 2021",
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"No long lines or voter suppression, beyond some wacko robocalls. \u2014 Dave Hyde, sun-sentinel.com , 3 Nov. 2020",
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"This was at a time when conservatives were almost ridiculed on law school campuses, where the notion of using the original intentions of the framers to make decisions was seen as laughable, almost wacko , method of constitutional interpretation. \u2014 Hope Reese, Longreads , 18 Dec. 2019",
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"So after every shooting massacre, when more innocent people are murdered by some wacko with a firearm designed for mass killing, there\u2019s tough talk, screaming and flailing for a few days. \u2014 George Skelton, The Mercury News , 11 Aug. 2019",
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"Even without that trend, isn\u2019t this line a little wacko ",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
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"Jakubowicz could also be following the example of Jojo Rabbit, a prime illustration of #resistance era wacko -politics, cheap sentiment, and historical revision. \u2014 Armond White, National Review , 27 Mar. 2020",
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"Now, all those wackos who\u2019ve been writing to me with their problems can write to her. \u2014 Rick Kogan, chicagotribune.com , 28 June 2018",
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"At the very least, in a game that has known a lot of eccentrics LaVar has put himself in the running for the greatest wacko . \u2014 Mark Heisler, Orange County Register , 12 May 2017"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1936, in the meaning defined above":"Noun",
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"1965, in the meaning defined above":"Adjective"
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"by alteration":"Adjective"
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8wa-(\u02cc)k\u014d"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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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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"wacky",
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"whacky",
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"wud"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-181534",
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"type":[
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"adjective",
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"wacky":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": absurdly or amusingly eccentric or irrational : crazy":[
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"wacky ideas",
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"a wacky comedian"
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]
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},
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"examples":[
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"My wacky aunt takes a swim before the lake freezes every winter.",
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"the wacky world of his imagination",
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"Recent Examples on the Web",
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"When Big Mouth launched, it was primarily focused on 7th graders Nick and Andrew, with their peers Jessi and Missy in their close orbit and then a wide range of wacky supporting characters floating on the outside. \u2014 Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter , 17 Mar. 2022",
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"The same brand of anti-establishment skepticism that draws a person like Melngailis to wellness culture can also leave them vulnerable to false gurus and dangerously wacky ideas. \u2014 Judy Berman, Time , 16 Mar. 2022",
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"This extends to the actual garments, items like argyle straitjackets that many would consider too wacky to wear. \u2014 New York Times , 4 Mar. 2022",
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"The merriment continues at Bockfest Hall Saturday and Sunday with a variety of fun, educational and just plain wacky events. \u2014 Luann Gibbs, The Enquirer , 2 Mar. 2022",
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"This one will most certainly keep you guessing on the who, what, where, why and how in the hell until the very wacky end. \u2014 Dana Feldman, Forbes , 31 Jan. 2022",
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"Television owners reported that their TVs were acting wacky . \u2014 Washington Post , 23 May 2021",
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"That\u2019s when the otherwise wild-and- wacky , up-for-anything TV personality displays the kind of gravitas needed for weather that\u2019s become a matter of life and death. \u2014 Richard A. Marini, San Antonio Express-News , 20 Apr. 2022",
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"The ruffle is perfectly wacky , and the bodice fits like a dream (or a sermon, depending on your affinity for Tammy Faye). \u2014 Rachel Tashjian, Harper's BAZAAR , 28 Mar. 2022"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"circa 1935, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"perhaps from English dialect whacky fool":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8wa-k\u0113"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[
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"bizarre",
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"bizarro",
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"cranky",
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"crazy",
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"curious",
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"eccentric",
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"erratic",
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"far-out",
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"funky",
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"funny",
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"kinky",
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"kooky",
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"kookie",
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"odd",
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"off-kilter",
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"off-the-wall",
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"offbeat",
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"out-of-the-way",
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"outlandish",
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"outr\u00e9",
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"peculiar",
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"quaint",
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"queer",
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"queerish",
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"quirky",
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"remarkable",
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"rum",
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"screwy",
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"spaced-out",
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"strange",
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"way-out",
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"weird",
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"weirdo",
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"wild"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-234008",
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"type":[
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"adjective",
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"adverb",
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"noun"
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]
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}
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} |