Clipping of psychotic or psychopath + -o (“person with characteristic”). Compare sicko.
Meanings
(colloquial, derogatory) Psychotic, psychopathic, or (broadly) otherwise insane.
Oh, she's sweet but a psycho / A little bit psycho / At night she's screamin' / "I'm-ma-ma-ma out my mind" 2018, Ava Max, Madison Love, Tix, Cook Classics, Cirkut, “Sweet but Psycho”, in Heaven & Hell, performed by Ava Max:
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. 2006, Noire [pseudonym], Thug-A-Licious: An Urban Erotic Tale, New York, N.Y.: One World, Ballantine Books, →ISBN, page 258:
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syko
alternative, slang
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most psycho
Degree=Sup
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more psycho
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Translations (13)
pt psicótico ((colloquial or pejorative) Psychotic) · sv vansinnig ((colloquial or pejorative) Psychotic) · da psyko ((colloquial or pejorative) Psychotic) · sv tokig ((colloquial or pejorative) Psychotic) · pt psicopático ((colloquial or pejorative) Psychotic) · he פסיכי ((colloquial or pejorative) Psychotic) · de psycho ((colloquial or pejorative) Psychotic) · ia psychopathic ((colloquial or pejorative) Psychotic) · pt louco ((colloquial or pejorative) Psychotic) · ia psychotic ((colloquial or pejorative) Psychotic) · pt psicopata ((colloquial or pejorative) Psychotic) · id tak waras ((colloquial or pejorative) Psychotic) · sv psykopatisk ((colloquial or pejorative) Psychotic)
Clipping of psychotic or psychopath + -o (“person with characteristic”). Compare sicko.
Meanings
(derogatory, slang) A person who is psychotic, psychopathic, or (broadly) otherwise insane.
The loony bin up on the hill is full of psychos.
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" 2018, Ava Max, Madison Love, Tix, Cook Classics, Cirkut, “Sweet but Psycho”, in Heaven & Hell, performed by Ava Max:
(broadly, derogatory, slang) A person who acts in a bizarre or dangerous manner.
She complained that he was a psycho for driving at such a high speed in heavy traffic.
cmn 精神病患者 (psychotic or otherwise insane person) · pt insano (psychotic or otherwise insane person) · ru псих (psychotic or otherwise insane person) · el ψυχώ (person acting in a bizarre or dangerous manner) · pt louco (psychotic or otherwise insane person) · pt psicopata (person acting in a bizarre or dangerous manner) · fr psychopathe (psychotic or otherwise insane person) · tr sayko (psychotic or otherwise insane person) · bg психопат (psychotic or otherwise insane person) · he פסיכי (psychotic or otherwise insane person) · de Psychopath (psychotic or otherwise insane person) · de Psycho (psychotic or otherwise insane person) · fi psyko (psychotic or otherwise insane person) · cmn 精神病人 (psychotic or otherwise insane person) · es psicópata (psychotic or otherwise insane person) · cmn 狂人 (person acting in a bizarre or dangerous manner) · fi sekopää (psychotic or otherwise insane person) · pt psicótico (psychotic or otherwise insane person) · pt doido (psychotic or otherwise insane person) · fi kaistapää (psychotic or otherwise insane person) · pt psicopata (psychotic or otherwise insane person) · cmn 瘋子 /疯子 (person acting in a bizarre or dangerous manner) · yue 黐線佬 /黐线佬 (person acting in a bizarre or dangerous manner) · fi kaistapää (person acting in a bizarre or dangerous manner) · sv psyko (psychotic or otherwise insane person) · ota دلی (psychotic or otherwise insane person) · ru псих (person acting in a bizarre or dangerous manner) · pt psicótico (person acting in a bizarre or dangerous manner) · sv galning (person acting in a bizarre or dangerous manner) · de Verrückte (person acting in a bizarre or dangerous manner) · sv psykfall (psychotic or otherwise insane person) · ja 狂人 (person acting in a bizarre or dangerous manner) · sv psyk (psychotic or otherwise insane person)