THAT'S WACK!

THE WORD "WACKY", OF COURSE, DENOTES A PERSON (OR THING) THAT IS "CRAZY" OR "ECCENTRIC".

THIS WORD MADE IT'S DEBUT IN 1935, AS A VARIANT ON LATE 1800'S BRITISH SLANG.

THE BRITISH WORD "WHACKY" CAME FROM THE IDEA OF BEING STRUCK SHARPLY - OR WHACKED - ON THE HEAD ONCE TOO OFTEN.

"WACKO" CAME INTO BEING AROUND 1975, WHEREAS "WACK", URBAN SLANG FOR WORTHLESS OR STUPID, ARRIVED IN THE LATE 1990'S.

NOTE: IN THE MARX BROTHERS' MOVIE THE BIG STORE(1941), HARPO MARX PLAYS A CHARACTER CALLED WACKY.

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Sidenote:

"wack" existed as urban slang prior to the 1990's