Dictionary Definition
psycho n : a person afflicted with psychosis
[syn: psychotic,
psychotic
person]
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Etymology
Prefix psycho-, as an abbreviation for psychotic or psychopath.Adjective
psycho- : Psychotic, or otherwise insane.
Translations
- Interlingua: psychotic, psychopathic
- Portuguese: psicótico , psicopático
Noun
- In the context of "pejorative|slang": A person who is psychotic or otherwise
insane.
- The loony bin up on the hill is full of psychos.
- In the context of "pejorative|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
Translations
pyschotic or otherwise insane person
person acting in a bizarre or dangerous manner
- ttbc Interlingua: psychopathe, psychotic
Extensive Definition
Psycho is slang for a person who is either
psychopathic or
psychotic. The term is
often considered mildly offensive or derogatory. The word is a
noun. Used in a sentence like this, 'Steve sure is a psycho'.
Films
- Psycho (1960 film), directed by Alfred Hitchcock
- Psycho (1998 film), a remake directed by Gus Van Sant
- Psycho II, a 1983 sequel to the first film (unrelated to the novel Psycho II)
- Psycho III, a 1986 sequel to the first film
- Psycho IV: The Beginning, a 1990 prequel to the first film
Novels
- Psycho (novel), a 1959 novel by Robert Bloch
- Psycho II (novel), a 1982 novel by Bloch
- Psycho Barlas Karahocaoglu (novel), a 1991 novel by Sedef Işım
- Psycho House
Music
- "Psycho", a song by country and western songwriter Leon Payne. This is a tongue-in-cheek storyline song loosely based on the Norman Bates character
- "Psycho (song)", a song by Puddle of Mudd from their album Famous
- "Psycho", a song by System of a Down from the album Toxicity
- "Psycho", a 1965 song by The Sonics
- "Psycho", a song by Infected Mushroom from The Gathering
- Psycho, an album by Element of Crime
- "Psycho Killer", a song by Talking Heads
- "Psycho Girl", a song by Busted
- "PSYCHO", an 80's punk/thrash/noise/crust/grind band from Cambridge MA
Sports figures
- Stuart Pearce, an English football player and manager nicknamed "Psycho"
- Steve Lyons (baseball), a utility baseball player nicknamed "Psycho"
- Peter Ebdon, English snooker cueist nicknamed "Psycho"
Others
- Psycho, a horror comic magazine from Skywald Publications
- Psycho, an automaton invented and displayed on stage by the Victorian illusionist John Nevil Maskelyne
- Psycho (company), a Japanese visual novel studio
- Psychiatrist (game), also known as Psycho, a party game
- Psyco, a just-in-time compiler for the Python programming language
psycho in German: Psycho
psycho in Spanish: Psicosis
psycho in French: Psycho
psycho in Korean: 싸이코
psycho in Italian: Psycho
psycho in Japanese: PSYCHO
psycho in Finnish: Psyko
psycho in Russian: Психо
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
abnormal, bereft of reason,
brainsick, catatoniac, certifiable case,
crackbrained,
cracked, crazed, crazy, daft, deluded, demented, deprived of reason,
deranged, disoriented, distraught, flighty, hallucinated, insane, irrational, loco, lunatic, mad, maddened, manic, manic-depressive, mazed, mental, mental case, mentally
deficient, meshuggah,
moon-struck, non compos, non compos mentis, not all there, not
right, odd, of unsound mind,
off, paranoiac, paranoid, psychopath, psychopathic
case, psychopathic personality, psychotic, queer, reasonless, schiz, schizo, schizoid, schizophrenic, schizy, senseless, sick, stark-mad, stark-staring mad,
strange, tetched, touched, unbalanced, unhinged, unsane, unsettled, unsound, wandering, witless