kook
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When you paddle out, it’s as though you’ve entered a new world with its own language that might sound like: “Did you see that kook? He snaked me on such a gnarly wave!”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 2024
Martell said she blew off his calls because she thought he was "a kook."
From Salon ● Apr. 1, 2024
"The kook in me recognises the kook in you," she added.
From BBC ● May 31, 2023
In the mainstream, he’s long been cast off as a kook.
From Slate ● May 1, 2023
Miss Trixie, and Mr. Levy, too, in his own kook way.
From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole
The kooks have passion, or at least they can fake it.
From Salon ● Jun. 8, 2026
Bill also had his share of kooks who threatened the credibility of his movement.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 13, 2026
Intruders, oddballs, kooks, and villains, in this gloomy lifeless dark, fight for space.
From New York Times ● Oct. 13, 2022
This full-employment plan for kooks and hucksters gives new meaning to featherbedding.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 16, 2022
“Let’s get them on board, get everyone fed. Then we need to figure out what to do with ourselves. We might be like those kooks we just ran away from soon.”
From "The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin)" by James Dashner
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