creepazoid

English

Etymology

From creep +‎ -a- +‎ -(z)oid, possibly as a variant of creepoid.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

creepazoid (comparative more creepazoid, superlative most creepazoid)

1. (slang) Creepy.
   • 1990, Gloria Nagy, A House in the Hamptons, Delacorte Press, published 1990, page 121:

     Well, it's this great big old spooky house just off the Highway before East Hampton and a real creepazoid kinda handyman type lets me in and no lights on, like a Boris Karloff movie or somethin'.

   • 2008, Leslie Kelly, Heated Rush, Harlequin, →ISBN, page 41:

     She wanted him physically, as she hadn't wanted anyone in a long time. Including her creepazoid ex.

   • 2011, Christy Reece, Sweet Reward, Ballantine Books, published 2012, →ISBN, page 271:

     Not only because she was buying clothes to entice a creepazoid criminal to sleep with her, but because she was still so furious with Jared.

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Noun

creepazoid (plural creepazoids)

1. (slang) A creepy person or creature.

   Synonyms: creep, creeper, creepoid

   Coordinate terms: freakazoid, weirdo

   • 2005, William Bernhardt, Dark Eye, Ballantine Books, published 2006, →ISBN, page 230:

     […] According to this book, the public image of Poe as this ghoulish creepazoid is inaccurate. His work was creepy, but he wasn't."

   • 2010, Robin Benway, The Extraordinary Secrets of April, May, & June‎^[1], Razorbill, →ISBN:

     “What sort of stalker creepazoid does that?”

   • 2012, Anton Strout, Alchemystic‎^[2], Ace, →ISBN:

     "Like hell, I don't," he said. "I don't want to see my roommate get killed. You know how hard it was to find someone who wasn't a Craigslist creepazoid in the first place? […]

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