psycho
See also: psycho-
English
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
- (UK, General Australian) IPA(key): /ˈsaɪ̯.kəʊ̯/
- (US, Canada) IPA(key): /ˈsaɪ̯.koʊ̯/
Audio (General Australian): (file) - Rhymes: -aɪkəʊ
Etymology 1
Clipping of psychotic and psychopath + -o (“person with characteristic”).
Adjective
psycho (comparative more psycho, superlative most psycho)
- (colloquial or derogatory) Psychotic, psychopathic, or (broadly) otherwise insane.
- 2006, Noire [pseudonym], Thug-A-Licious: An Urban Erotic Tale, New York, N.Y.: One World, Ballantine Books, →ISBN, page 258:
- That psycho jawn had snuck a pistol into the gym while we was practicing and started shooting shit up like she was some kinda hot female action hero.
- 2018, Ava Max, Madison Love, Tix, Cook Classics, Cirkut (lyrics and music), “Sweet but Psycho”, in Heaven & Hell[1], performed by Ava Max:
- Oh, she's sweet but a psycho / A little bit psycho / At night she's screamin' / "I'm-ma-ma-ma out my mind"
Translations
(colloquial or pejorative) Psychotic
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Noun
psycho (plural psychos)
- (derogatory, slang) A person who is psychotic, psychopathic, or (broadly) otherwise insane.
- 2018, Ava Max, Madison Love, Tix, Cook Classics, Cirkut (lyrics and music), “Sweet but Psycho”, in Heaven & Hell[2], performed by Ava Max:
- Oh, she's hot but a psycho / So left but she's right, though / At night she's screamin' / "I'm-ma-ma-ma out my mind"
- (derogatory, slang, broadly) A person who acts in a bizarre or dangerous manner.
- Synonyms: creep, freak, loose cannon, weirdo
- She complained that he was a psycho for driving at such a high speed in heavy traffic.
Translations
psychotic or otherwise insane person
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person acting in a bizarre or dangerous manner
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Etymology 2
Clipping of psychology.
Noun
psycho (uncountable)
- (informal) A class, at a college or university, in which psychology is taught.
- I've got anthro, socio, lunch, and psycho.
Chinese
Etymology
From clipping of English psychology.
Pronunciation
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: saai6 ko1
- Yale: saaih kō
- Cantonese Pinyin: saai6 ko1
- Guangdong Romanization: sai6 ko1
- Sinological IPA (key): /saːi̯²² kʰɔː⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
Noun
psycho
- (Hong Kong Cantonese, university slang) psychology (as a subject)
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