psycho

Alternative forms

syko (slang)

Pronunciation

(UK, General Australian) IPA^(key): /ˈsaɪ̯.kəʊ̯/
(US, Canada) IPA^(key): /ˈsaɪ̯.koʊ̯/
Audio (General Australian): (file)
Rhymes: -aɪkəʊ

Etymology 1

Clipping of psychotic and psychopath +‎ -o (“person with characteristic”).

Adjective

psycho (comparative more psycho, superlative most psycho)

(colloquial or derogatory) Psychotic, psychopathic, or (broadly) otherwise insane.
- 2006, Noire [pseudonym], Thug-A-Licious: An Urban Erotic Tale, New York, N.Y.: One World, Ballantine Books, →ISBN, page 258:
  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.
- 2018, Ava Max, Madison Love, Tix, Cook Classics, Cirkut, “Sweet but Psycho”, in Heaven & Hell‎, performed by Ava Max:
  Oh, she's sweet but a psycho / A little bit psycho / At night she's screamin' / "I'm-ma-ma-ma out my mind"

Translations

(colloquial or pejorative) Psychotic

Danish: psyko
Hebrew: פסיכי (psikhi)
Indonesian: tak waras
Interlingua: psychotic, psychopathic
Portuguese: psicótico (pt) m, psicopático m, louco (pt), psicopata (pt)
Swedish: psykopatisk (sv), tokig (sv), vansinnig (sv)

Noun

psycho (plural psychos)

(chiefly derogatory, slang) A person who is psychotic, psychopathic, or (broadly) otherwise insane.
Synonyms: freak, loony, nutcase, wacko

The loony bin up on the hill is full of psychos.
- 2018, Ava Max, Madison Love, Tix, Cook Classics, Cirkut, “Sweet but Psycho”, in Heaven & Hell‎, performed by Ava Max:
  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"
(chiefly derogatory, slang, loosely) A person who acts in a bizarre or dangerous manner.
Synonyms: creep, freak, loose cannon, weirdo

She complained that he was a psycho for driving at such a high speed in heavy traffic.

Translations

psychotic or otherwise insane person

Bulgarian: психопат (bg) m (psihopat)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 精神病人 (jīngshénbìngrén), 精神病患者 (jīngshénbìnghuànzhě)
Finnish: sekopää (fi), kaistapää (fi), psyko (fi)
French: psychopathe (fr)
German: Psycho m (slang), Psychopath (de) m
Hebrew: פסיכי (psikhi)
Ottoman Turkish: دلی (deli)
Portuguese: psicopata (pt) m or f, psicótico (pt) m, louco (pt) m, doido (pt) m, insano (pt) m
Russian: псих (ru) m (psix)
Spanish: psicópata (es) m or f
Swedish: psykfall (sv) n, psyk (sv) n, psyko n
Turkish: sayko

person acting in a bizarre or dangerous manner

Chinese:
Cantonese: 黐線佬 / 黐线佬 (ci¹ sin³ lou²)

Mandarin: 瘋子 / 疯子 (zh) (fēngzi), 狂人 (zh) (kuángrén)
Finnish: kaistapää (fi)
German: Verrückte (de) m or f
Greek: ψυχώ n (psychó)
Japanese: 狂人 (ja) (きょうじん, kyōjin)
Portuguese: psicopata (pt) m or f, psicótico (pt) m
Russian: псих (ru) m (psix)
Swedish: galning (sv) c

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

Interlingua: ^{(please verify)} psychopathe, ^{(please verify)} psychotic

Etymology 2

Clipping of psychology.

Noun

psycho (uncountable)

(informal) A class, at a college or university, in which psychology is taught.
I've got anthro, socio, lunch, and psycho.

English

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Adjective

Translations

Noun

Translations

Etymology 2

Noun

Chinese

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

Polish

Pronunciation

Noun

Wikiwand - on