loco
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Coaches often serve in loco parentis, guiding a developing prospect not only through training and tournaments but also the awkward riddles of growing up.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 23, 2025
"The loco pilot, on observing the herd of elephants, applied emergency brakes. However, elephants dashed with the train," he said.
From Barron's ● Dec. 20, 2025
Starting with an ominous echoing sound, he begins to sing “Como Basquiat, ‘toy bien loco como Basquiat” over a simple trap beat.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2024
He was also asked about his understanding of the term "in loco parentis", namely having responsibilities for children in the absence of their parents or guardians.
From BBC ● Jan. 24, 2024
“Let’s move this along. There’s a loco moco with Maddy’s name on it.”
From "Everything, Everything" by Nicola Yoon
Someone who prefers potatoes is getting way less for their money than someone who’s locos for Doritos.
From The Verge ● Jan. 6, 2022
Just after I accepted the fact that I was in love with a dish called vegan chicharrones locos, a phrase from Freud ran through my head.
From New York Times ● Jul. 28, 2015
Recommended Dishes Vegan chicharrones locos; papas bravas; shaved cauliflower; green mole with burrata; sardine tostada; octopus salad.
From New York Times ● Jul. 28, 2015
Thanks to the cold Humboldt Current, Chile has the world's most unusual seafood: erizos, giant sea urchins; picoroccos, beaked shell fish that taste like crab; and the giant abalones known as locos.
From Time Magazine Archive
Splendid things, the big Reading locos; when they halt they pant so cheerfully and noisily, like huge dogs, much louder than any other engines.
From Plum Pudding Of Divers Ingredients, Discreetly Blended & Seasoned by Christopher Morley
Moreover, he is locoed and has other defects.
From Time Magazine Archive
"Of all th' locoed layouts I ever run up against this here mesa top takes th' prize," he finished in disgust.
From Hopalong Cassidy by Clarence E. Mulford
He’s a pretty bird, but if he’s locoed, he’d better be dead than afoot—poor creature.”
From Ruth Fielding In the Saddle College Girls in the Land of Gold by Alice B. Emerson
"Well, if he ain't bughouse, he is sure locoed on that wife of his."
From The Great Gold Rush A Tale of the Klondike by W. H. P. (William Henry Pope) Jarvis
"I knowed he was crazy," he said, "but I didn't know he was as plumb locoed as that."
From Hope Hathaway A Story of Western Ranch Life by Frances Parker
