Sicko
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ɪkəʊ
Full definition of sicko
Noun
- (Australia, slang) A day taken off work due to (possibly exaggerated or supposed) illness.
- (derogatory, slang) A person with unpleasant tastes, views or habits.
- 1986 June 9, David Denby, Movies: Poison, New York (magazine), %22sickos%22|%22sickoes%22+-intitle:%22%22+-inauthor:%22%22&source=bl&ots=7-STXxojLw&sig=adL4ItALW2Kp2s_Q0asDAYG0LvE&hl=en&sa=X&ei=UcZIUPwo8ZKIB7zNgeAK&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22sicko%22|%22sickos%22|%22sickoes%22%20-intitle%3A%22%22%20-inauthor%3A%22%22&f=false 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 image cannot be seen, Brenda Cossman, Shannon Bell, Lise Gotell, Becki L. Ross, Bad Attitude/s on Trial: Pornography, Feminism, and the Butler Decision, %22sickos%22|%22sickoes%22+-intitle:%22%22+-inauthor:%22%22&source=bl&ots=9F1Jmxsq0n&sig=OLLpaz59klT-XHRE_gYJZqnaMRc&hl=en&sa=X&ei=JrpIUJzBCbGtiQeTpoDIAw&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22sicko%22|%22sickos%22|%22sickoes%22%20-intitle%3A%22%22%20-inauthor%3A%22%22&f=false 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.
- 2009, Stuart E. Weisberg, Barney Frank: The Story of America′s Only Left-Handed, Gay, Jewish Congressman, %22sickos%22|%22sickoes%22+-intitle:%22%22+-inauthor:%22%22&source=bl&ots=_vvZM59ygE&sig=yKaUrnF5roi0B474Rz9VtwDl-Xc&hl=en&sa=X&ei=JrpIUJzBCbGtiQeTpoDIAw&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22sicko%22|%22sickos%22|%22sickoes%22%20-intitle%3A%22%22%20-inauthor%3A%22%22&f=false page 372,The conservative Boston Herald, which had earlier described the revelations about Barney′s two-year relationship with a male prostitute as “one of the most tawdry episodes in modern Massachusetts politics†and had run a story by the columnist Howie Carr calling Frank “a sicko who happens to be a pol,†urged him to resign his house seat.
- (US, Canada, slang) A mentally ill person.
Usage notes
The plural form sickoes is somewhat rare.