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wackness

wackness noun: badness; contemptibility.

Noun

wackness (usually uncountable, plural wacknesses)

  1. (slang, usually) Badness; contemptibility
    • Kyla said she was delighted to meet other Pakistanis. When I'd made the appointment with her I had been too, but now my enthusiasm was dead. I was worried that Moosa would impute her wackness onto me.2009, Ali Eteraz, Children of Dust, →ISBN
    • I don't have that problem. I just look at the dopeness. But you, it's like you just look at the wackness?”2014, David Shapiro, You're Not Much Use to Anyone, →ISBN, page 166

Forms of wackness

pluralwacknesses

Origin of wackness

From wack + -ness, popularized by The Wackness, a 2008 coming-of-age film.

Questions about wackness

What does wackness mean?
Wackness means badness; contemptibility.
What part of speech is wackness?
Wackness is a noun.
What is the plural of wackness?
The plural of wackness is wacknesses.

Words near wackness in the dictionary

  1. wackinesses
  2. wacking out
  3. Wackipedia
  4. wackjob
  5. wackjobs
  6. wackness
  7. wacknesses
  8. wacko
  9. Wacko Jacko
  10. wackoes
  11. wackometer

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