Kook

Definitions

1. An eccentric, strange or crazy person.
   US, slang
2. A surname.
3. A boardsport participant who lacks style or skill; a newbie who acts as if they are better at the sport than they are.

Equivalents

Examples

“The kook we will always have⟳ with us, to paraphrase Jesus, but the kooks of yore had to work⟳ to maintain⟳ their kookery and locate⟳ fellow kooks. They had to pick⟳ up their kook phone, subscribe⟳ to the kook newsletter, drive⟳ to the kook convention. Nowadays, all the kook has to do is log⟳ in to Facebook, where his feed⟳ will be enlivened by the chatter of fellow — and likely more extreme — kooks, toward which Facebook’s algorithms helpfully steer⟳ him.”

“The administration’s deep cuts to scientific and medical research⟳ have⟳ been compounded by Trump’s decision to hand control⟳ of public health to Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a bona fide kook,[…].”

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