Crackpot
noun
A person who is crazy or behaves in an odd way.
My neighbour is a real crackpot. He walks his cat on a leash.
Often appears as...
- real crackpot
- such a crackpot
Usage tips
Informal, Disapproving
Colloquial
noun
A person with bizarre or impractical ideas and theories.
He's a crackpot who believes in aliens and UFOs.
Often appears as...
- crackpot theories
- crackpot ideas
Usage tips
Informal, Disapproving
Colloquial
noun
A person who is crazy or behaves in an odd way.
My neighbour is a real crackpot. He walks his cat on a leash.
Often appears as...
- real crackpot
- such a crackpot
Usage tips
Informal, Disapproving
Colloquial
noun
A person with bizarre or impractical ideas and theories.
He's a crackpot who believes in aliens and UFOs.
Often appears as...
- crackpot theories
- crackpot ideas
Usage tips
Informal, Disapproving
Colloquial
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Informal Usage
The term 'crackpot' is informal and might be disrespectful in formal contexts.
Don't call your teacher a crackpot; it's rude and too informal.
Pro Tip 2/3Negative Connotation
'Crackpot' suggests disapproval and might offend someone if used to describe them.
Be careful when calling someone a crackpot; it can be taken as an insult.
Pro Tip 3/3Cultural Sensitivity
Some cultures might find the term 'crackpot' less offensive than others.
In some circles, 'crackpot' can be affectionate teasing.
Pro Tip 1/3Informal Usage
The term 'crackpot' is informal and might be disrespectful in formal contexts.
Don't call your teacher a crackpot; it's rude and too informal.
Pro Tip 2/3Negative Connotation
'Crackpot' suggests disapproval and might offend someone if used to describe them.
Be careful when calling someone a crackpot; it can be taken as an insult.
Pro Tip 3/3Cultural Sensitivity
Some cultures might find the term 'crackpot' less offensive than others.
In some circles, 'crackpot' can be affectionate teasing.
Pro Tip 1/3Informal Usage
The term 'crackpot' is informal and might be disrespectful in formal contexts.
Don't call your teacher a crackpot; it's rude and too informal.
Pro Tip 2/3Negative Connotation
'Crackpot' suggests disapproval and might offend someone if used to describe them.
Be careful when calling someone a crackpot; it can be taken as an insult.
Pro Tip 3/3Cultural Sensitivity
Some cultures might find the term 'crackpot' less offensive than others.
In some circles, 'crackpot' can be affectionate teasing.
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Quote examples
Michael Moore
American Activist
If the guy out in the woods with the Michigan Militia is a real estate negotiator, instead of some crackpot, and has a normal life, that's unnerving. You don't want to think it's as normal as the guy next door, hedging his lawn. It's easier to demonize or separate them off from 'us.
Quote examples
Lynn Coady
Canadian Novelist
Audience participation can often inject a dose of adrenalin into your average dial-tone literary reading, especially if a handful of audience-members are mentally unhinged, and let's face it - you can always depend on at least one crackpot at these things.
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Anthony Fantano
American Celebrity
Gonjasufi may sound at first like a rambling hip-hop crackpot, but there's more to the California rapper and singer than mere eccentricity: What appears messy and thrown together is anything but.
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Jenny McCarthy
American Model
The idea that vaccines are a primary cause of autism is not as crackpot as some might wish. Autism's 60-fold rise in 30 years matches a tripling of the U.S. vaccine schedule.
Quote examples
Pete Hamill
American Journalist
Ezra Pound was a crackpot on social and political issues, but he knew what he was talking about in matters of the written language.
Quote examples
Michael Moore
American Activist
If the guy out in the woods with the Michigan Militia is a real estate negotiator, instead of some crackpot, and has a normal life, that's unnerving. You don't want to think it's as normal as the guy next door, hedging his lawn. It's easier to demonize or separate them off from 'us.
Quote examples
Lynn Coady
Canadian Novelist
Audience participation can often inject a dose of adrenalin into your average dial-tone literary reading, especially if a handful of audience-members are mentally unhinged, and let's face it - you can always depend on at least one crackpot at these things.
Quote examples
Anthony Fantano
American Celebrity
Gonjasufi may sound at first like a rambling hip-hop crackpot, but there's more to the California rapper and singer than mere eccentricity: What appears messy and thrown together is anything but.
Quote examples
Jenny McCarthy
American Model
The idea that vaccines are a primary cause of autism is not as crackpot as some might wish. Autism's 60-fold rise in 30 years matches a tripling of the U.S. vaccine schedule.
Quote examples
Pete Hamill
American Journalist
Ezra Pound was a crackpot on social and political issues, but he knew what he was talking about in matters of the written language.
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