psycho

psycho

See also: psycho-

English

Alternative forms

• syko (slang)

Pronunciation

• (UK, General Australian) IPA^(key): /ˈsaɪ̯.kəʊ̯/
• (US, Canada) IPA^(key): /ˈsaɪ̯.koʊ̯/

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• Rhymes: -aɪkəʊ

Etymology 1

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

Adjective

psycho (comparative more psycho, superlative most psycho)

1. (colloquial or derogatory) Psychotic or otherwise insane.
   • 2018, Ava Max, Madison Love, Tix, Cook Classics, Cirkut (lyrics and music), “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 Swedish: psykopatisk, tokig (sv), vansinnig (sv)

Noun

psycho (plural psychos)

1. (derogatory, slang) A person who is psychotic or otherwise insane.

   The loony bin up on the hill is full of psychos.

   • 2018, Ava Max, Madison Love, Tix, Cook Classics, Cirkut (lyrics and music), “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"

   Synonyms: freak, loony, nutcase, wacko

2. (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.

   Synonyms: creep, freak, loose cannon, weirdo

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) 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

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Interlingua: (please verify) psychopathe, (please verify) psychotic

Etymology 2

Clipping of psychology.

Noun

psycho (uncountable)

1. (informal) A class, at a college or university, in which psychology is taught.

   I've got anthro, socio, lunch, and psycho.

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Chinese

Etymology

From clipping of English psychology.

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): saai⁶ ko¹

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: saai⁶ ko¹
    • Yale: saaih kō
    • Cantonese Pinyin: saai⁶ ko¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: sai⁶ ko¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /saːi̯²² kʰɔː⁵⁵/

Noun

psycho

1. (Hong Kong Cantonese, university slang) psychology (as a subject)