Meaning of sicko | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A person with unpleasant tastes, views or habits.
   derogatory, slang
2. A mentally ill person.
   derogatory, slang
3. A physically ill person.

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Examples

“1986 June 9, David Denby, Movies: Poison, New York, page 130, But in fact, the murders have⟳ been committed by an army of sickos, a phalanx of wild-eyed droolers led by a monster goon with a concrete jaw and a Neanderthal brow.”

“1997, Shannon Bell, Chapter 5: On ne peut pas voir l′image [The image cannot be seen], Brenda Cossman, Shannon Bell, Lise Gotell, Becki L. Ross, Bad Attitude/s on Trial: Pornography, Feminism, and the Butler Decision, page 231, We can′t say⟳ that it is our responses of horror and revulsion that are upsetting to the youth; therefore, those attracted to them are deviants, sickos, who should be cured/punished like⟳ the homosexuals of the forties and fifties.”

“The conservative Boston Herald, which had earlier described the revelations about Barney′s two-year relationship with a male prostitute as “one of the most tawdry episodes in modern Massachusetts politics” and had run⟳ a story by the columnist Howie Carr calling Frank “a sicko who happens to be a pol,” urged him to resign his house seat.”

“So come⟳ on, doc, precisely which kind of sicko is America? You might plump for depressed (isolationist), psychopathic (lack of empathy) or even psychotic (barking mad - what P.G. Wodehouse referred to as "thinking you're a poached egg").”

“You're a gambler, huh? A sicko like⟳ Essay?”

“It was at this time that the lesbian "sicko" became the dominant image of the woman who loved other women and curing lesbians on the couch became a big business in America.”

“I couldn't hide⟳ that I was a sicko and different from the norm. I couldn't handle⟳ a full course load⟳. I had to scale back. I felt weak, worthless, and nothing cam easily anymore.”

“Every so often, I find⟳ myself with the urge⟳ to make⟳ sure people know⟳ that I am not just on Prozac but on lithium too, that I am a real sicko, a depressive of a much higher order⟳ than all these happy-pill poppers with their low-level sorrow.”

“The amazing Mr. Sick Day [Milo Filbum] has missed an amazing 73% of 1,020 work⟳ days for such ailments as a toothache, [...] "I finally gave the sicko his walking papers when other people started doing the same thing — calling in sick and all," the manager [said] ...”

“Sicko status: Can you keep⟳ going even when you're feeling out of sorts?”

“Sickos: If it seems like⟳ your toddler is always sick, it's because they are.”

“You are worried about getting sick yourself, but the etiquette of asking someone to go home or to stay⟳ in bed is tricky to navigate⟳. Some of your colleagues are ready to march⟳ the snot-nosed sicko out the door, but you wonder⟳ just how much of a problem it really is to breathe⟳ the same air.”

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