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wack noun [ wak ]

• used as a familiar term of address, chiefly in Liverpool.
• "‘Gorra light 'ave yer, wack?’"
Origin: 1960s: of unknown origin.

wack adjective

• bad; inferior.
• "a wack radio station"

wack noun

• a crazy or eccentric person.
• "the kids were learning to live with the idea that Dad was a wack"
• worthless or stupid ideas or talk; rubbish.
• "this track is a load of wack"
Origin: 1930s: probably a back-formation from wacky.


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