# wack

Pronunciation: say "WAK" /wæk/

## Adjective

1. Disappointingly bad, unoriginal, or uncool; lousy, corny, or messed up. *(slang)*
   - Simple: Bad, boring, or not cool, used to put something or someone down.
   - _His comeback line was so wack that the whole room groaned._
   - _Fans called the new album wack compared to her earlier work._

## Noun

2. A person regarded as eccentric, odd, or weird.
   - Simple: A strange or odd person who acts in unusual ways.
   - _Her uncle was a harmless wack who wore mismatched socks on purpose._
   - _The bookshop attracted all sorts of wacks, dreamers, and night owls._
3. A friendly term used in Liverpool to address someone, roughly equivalent to 'mate' or 'pal.' *(UK)*
   - Simple: A friendly word used in Liverpool to call someone, like saying 'buddy.'
   - _All right, wack, how've you been keeping these days?_
   - _Give us a hand shifting these boxes, wack._

## Noun

4. PCP; a slang name for the drug phencyclidine, also spelled whack. *(dated)*
   - Simple: An old street name for the drug PCP.
   - _Dealers cut the wack with other powders to stretch their supply._
   - _They got busted selling wack down by the docks last summer._

## Origin

**Meanings 1–2, 4** — This is a back-formation from "wacky." Alternatively, it is possibly a blend of "white" and "black," in the sense that something may look black outside but really be white inside.
**Meaning 3** — This is a clipping of "wacker," meaning a Liverpudlian, or a resident of Liverpool, England.

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/wack (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).