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psycho

[sahy-koh] / ˈsaɪ koʊ /


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"I am just looking at her and thinking she could be sweet but a psycho, like that would be brilliant," Rachel told the other traitors.

From BBC • Jan. 6, 2026

After retiring, he didn’t stop feeding into being a basketball sicko — his words — or a full-on basketball psycho — his and his peers’ words.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 25, 2025

“No! Bad, psycho governor! No! Sit down! Bad! Stay! Stay away from dogs!”

From New York Times • Apr. 30, 2024

“They go psycho on you, because they’re all psychopaths. They’re arrogant psychopaths with God complexes because our society has moved people to idolize doctors.”

From Seattle Times • Jul. 19, 2023

Every so often I would spring a Mrs. Dodds reference on somebody, just to see if I could trip them up, but they would stare at me like I was psycho.

From "The Lightning Thief" by Rick Riordan




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