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psycho

[sahy-koh] / ˈsaɪ koʊ /


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"I'm an angel, I'm a demon, I'm a psycho for no reason," she sings, channelling my cat's personality over a drum sound that could shatter windows.

From BBC May 8, 2026

“Is she right? Is she wrong? Is she psycho? Is she sane? Is she brilliant? Is she all of those things? Or none of them? You can’t pin her down,” Jonas explains.

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 26, 2026

“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

I mean, we weren’t best friends or anything, and he was mostly a psycho who I was definitely gonna part ways with the second we got to Mexico, but still.

From "We Were Here" by Matt De La Peña

She remembers feeling "upset" and "lonely" after someone shared one of her posts with the caption: "The psychos are at it again."

From BBC Feb. 27, 2023

“We need a few more psychos on this team,” said one player.

From Seattle Times Mar. 17, 2022

Nesbo’s Norway, like Stieg Larsson’s Sweden, is populated with creeps and psychos of the sort that turn up here in much greater abundance.

From New York Times Nov. 6, 2020

The audacious premise: Even a bunch of notorious psychos can have a good moment.

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 4, 2020

“More of these psychos are probably arriving by the minute outside.”

From "The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin)" by James Dashner




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