sicko

== English == === Etymology === From sick + -o (“person with characteristic”). === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /ˈsɪkəʊ/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˈsɪkoʊ/ Rhymes: -ɪkəʊ === Noun === sicko (plural sickos or sickoes) (chiefly derogatory, slang) A person with unpleasant tastes, views or habits. 1986 June 9, David Denby, Movies: Poison, New York, page 130, But in fact, the murders have been committed by an army of sickos, a phalanx of wild-eyed droolers led by a monster goon with a concrete jaw and a Neanderthal brow. 1997, Shannon Bell, Chapter 5: On ne peut pas voir l′image [The image cannot be seen], Brenda Cossman, Shannon Bell, Lise Gotell, Becki L. Ross, Bad Attitude/s on Trial: Pornography, Feminism, and the Butler Decision, page 231, We can′t say that it is our responses of horror and revulsion that are upsetting to the youth; therefore, those attracted to them are deviants, sickos, who should be cured/punished like the homosexuals of the forties and fifties. (slang, chiefly derogatory) A mentally ill person. A physically ill person. ==== Usage notes ==== The plural is most commonly spelled sickos. ==== Synonyms ==== (person with unpleasant tastes, views or habits): weirdo ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Adjective === sicko (comparative more sicko, superlative most sicko) Characterized by depraved tastes or habits; deviant. === Anagrams === Cisko, Kocis