freakazoid

English

Etymology

From freak +‎ -a- +‎ -(z)oid.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɹiːkəzɔɪd/

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Adjective

freakazoid (comparative more freakazoid, superlative most freakazoid)

1. (slang) Freaky.
   • 1990 October 24, Joan E. Rigdon, “See Spot Appeal: A Condemned Dog Bites Back in Court”, in The Wall Street Journal:

     Mr. Mannon testified that Spot is "100% friendly" as long as no one hits him with sticks or does other "freakazoid" things.

   • 2009, Darlene Ryan, Five Minutes More, Orca Book Publishers, →ISBN, page 102:

     He starts to do some freakazoid dance right there on the sidewalk, kind of hopping from one foot to the other, punching his arms up in the air and bopping his head from side to side with his eyes closed.

   • 2010, Lindsay Faith Rech, It Started With a Dare‎^[1], Graphia, →ISBN:

     "I mean, what kind of freakazoid perv would go stalking women half his age over the Internet?"

   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:freakazoid.

Noun

freakazoid (plural freakazoids)

1. (slang) A freaky person or creature; a freak.

   Coordinate terms: creep, creepazoid, creeper, creepoid, weirdo

   • 1994, Louis Theroux, "Michael Jackson, Doo-Doo Head", Spy, July/August 1994:

     But of the more serious allegation — being a total freakazoid — Jacko seems guilty as charged.

   • 2006, Elizabeth Flock, Everything Must Go, MIRA, →ISBN, page 22:

     "I don't want a freakazoid for a younger brother, that's why," Brad said.

   • 2008, Jacquelyn Mitchard, The Midnight Twins‎^[2], Razorbill, →ISBN:

     “Do you promise to shut up if we find out he's a freakazoid who likes to kill animals and set fires?” Mally shot back.

   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:freakazoid.