crackpot, crank, nut, nut case, fruitcake, screwball
(noun) a whimsically eccentric person
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Crackpot
A village in Swaledale, North Yorkshire, England
crackpot (plural crackpots)
(informal) An eccentric, crazy or foolish person. A kook.
Synonyms: crank, crazy, kook, live one, nut ball, nutbag, nutbar, nutcase, nutter, Thesaurus:strange person, Thesaurus:mad person
(informal) Someone addicted to crack cocaine (i.e. a drug addict).
Synonyms: crackhead, crack whore, Thesaurus:addict
crackpot (comparative more crackpot, superlative most crackpot)
(informal) Eccentric or impractical.
Synonyms: eccentric, impractical
Source: Wiktionary
3 April 2025
(noun) an assemblage of parts that is regarded as a single entity; “how big is that part compared to the whole?”; “the team is a unit”
The Boston Tea Party helped popularize coffee in America. The hefty tea tax imposed on the colonies in 1773 resulted in America switching from tea to coffee. In the lead up to the Revolutionary War, it became patriotic to sip java instead of tea. The Civil War made the drink more pervasive. Coffee helped energize tired troops, and drinking it became an expression of freedom.
