wackadoodle meaning (derogatory): definition, quotations

wackadoodle

adj

Derogatory, Slang Crazy, irrational, or eccentric.

Within an hour, forty people were stuffed into his apartment, all carrying gifts, dressed for a party, and it quickly became obvious he'd prearranged a party for himself and not told me. Okay. That's a bit wackadoodle.2006, Kirsten Lobe, Paris Hangover, St. Martin's Press, →ISBN, page 45:
You will discover this soon, if you haven't already: Exposure to pregnancy and moms with newborns often causes otherwise rational people to say and do inexplicably inane things (and don't even get us started on the people who started out not-so-rational; they turn completely wackadoodle).2009, Claire Mysko, Magali Amadeï, Does This Pregnancy Make Me Look Fat?: The Essential Guide to Loving Your Body Before and After Baby, Health Communications, Inc., →ISBN, page 175:

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I thought that was totally wackadoodle. How could they possibly love someone they've never met?2010, Robyn Okrant, Living Oprah: My One-Year Experiment to Walk the Walk of the Queen of Talk, Center Street, →ISBN:

noun

Derogatory, Slang A crazy, irrational, or eccentric person.

"It's not funny, Mom! I use that mitt all the time. What kind of wackadoodle poops in her sister's baseball glove, for crying out loud?"2013, Meg Tilly, A Taste of Heaven, Puffin, →ISBN:
Once I was in the program, I was assigned a psychologist for psych testing to determine whether I was a true wackadoodle.2014, Caren S. Dillman, I Lost My Marbles: A Personal Story of Childhood Betrayal, Secrecy, Shame & Restoration, AuthorHouse, →ISBN, page 85:

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I've had some bad neighbors, real wackadoodles, but I can't imagine wanting to actually off any of them.2015, Suzan Saxman, Perdita Finn, The Reluctant Psychic, St. Martin's Press, →ISBN, unnumbered page: