as in eccentric
a person of odd or whimsical habits
a crackbrain who wore bedroom slippers to the grocery shop
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Noun
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Catherine O’Hara portrayed ridiculous eccentrics with equal parts hilarity and humanity.—
The Week US,
TheWeek,
10 Feb. 2026 -
Greg Brown, the original guitarist and co-founding member of ’90s alt-rock eccentrics Cake, has died.—
Nina Corcoran,
Pitchfork,
9 Feb. 2026
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The renegade baseball general manager in Moneyball, for instance, was later played by Brad Pitt, while the characters in The Big Short were portrayed by Christian Bale, Ryan Gosling, Steve Carell, and Pitt again, among others.—
Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
5 Feb. 2026
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The space’s custom art was created by Amazonian artist Winny Tapajós, portraying a mischievous garden scene full of whimsical characters.—
Devorah Lev-Tov,
Robb Report,
5 Feb. 2026
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My question is, with what AB did to the Raiders, Why would Gruden/Mayock want to take another head case like Jalen Ramsey?—
Jerry McDonald,
The Mercury News,
20 Sep. 2019
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Brown is the foremost head case and headache in the NFL.—
BostonGlobe.com,
BostonGlobe.com,
10 Sep. 2019
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There are also expanded indoor and outdoor seating areas at the new store, versus the original at the Town Plaza shopping center, which opened with 19,600 square feet in 2003.—
Howard Cohen,
Miami Herald,
13 Feb. 2026
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Officials said there was no chain of custody for the materials, agents took originals and didn't retain copies and the ballots shouldn't have been physically removed from Fulton County.—
Irene Wright,
USA Today,
11 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Better for me the nuts-and-bolts march toward expertise.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
13 Feb. 2026
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DeWitt's go-to options include nuts, Greek yogurt and apple slices with nut butter.—
Deirdre Bardolf,
FOXNews.com,
11 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Doing so engages the clutch and ratchet mechanisms built into the crank.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
10 Feb. 2026
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Turning the crank handle on the right-hand side of the set launches the rocket upwards, with the booster rockets splitting off not long after take-off.—
Ian Stokes,
Space.com,
28 Jan. 2026
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Slide the dish into a hot oven and bake until the cheese is melted and the corn flake topping turns golden and crisp.—
Maggie Meyer Glisan,
Better Homes & Gardens,
8 Feb. 2026
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For example, people in normally snowy Salt Lake City have barely seen a flake of snow and Phoenix is sweltering through its warmest winter since records began, according to AccuWeather meteorologist Paul Pastelok.—
Doyle Rice,
USA Today,
6 Feb. 2026
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Restaurants, shops, and parks — lots of old weirdos hanging around.—
Katie McDonough,
Curbed,
9 Feb. 2026
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Not bad for a bunch of weirdos.—
Brayden Garcia,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
3 Feb. 2026
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“Crackbrain.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/crackbrain. Accessed 15 Feb. 2026.
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