Associations to the word «Wingnut»
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Wiktionary
WINGNUT, noun. A nut having wing-like projections so that it can be turned easily by hand.
WINGNUT, noun. A deciduous tree of the genus Pterocarya native to Asia.
WINGNUT, noun. (slang) (derogatory) Someone with crazy or extreme political views (especially extreme conservative views).
WINGNUT, noun. (slang) (derogatory) (North American itinerant and street populations) A mentally ill homeless person.
WINGNUT, noun. (slang) (derogatory) Someone perceived as odd, eccentric, and/or extreme.
WINGNUT, noun. (slang) (rural US) A member of the air force (in a town that hosts a USAF installation).
Wise words
In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike
fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the
new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.