Psycho
noun
A person who is mentally ill, especially in a way that makes them behave violently towards others.
After watching a horror movie, he teasingly called his friend a psycho for liking such violent films.
Often appears as...
- act like a psycho
- call someone a psycho
Usage tips
Informal, Disapproving
Colloquial
adjective
Relating to the mind or mental activities, particularly those related to illnesses, disorders, or pathological conditions.
He had a complete psycho breakdown after the traumatic incident.
Often appears as...
- psycho behavior
- psycho disorder
Usage tips
Disapproving
noun
A suspenseful psychological thriller genre in movies and books.
Alfred Hitchcock's movie 'Psycho' is a classic in horror cinema.
Often appears as...
- psycho film
- psycho genre
Usage tips
Technical
noun
A person who is mentally ill, especially in a way that makes them behave violently towards others.
After watching a horror movie, he teasingly called his friend a psycho for liking such violent films.
Often appears as...
- act like a psycho
- call someone a psycho
Usage tips
Informal, Disapproving
Colloquial
adjective
Relating to the mind or mental activities, particularly those related to illnesses, disorders, or pathological conditions.
He had a complete psycho breakdown after the traumatic incident.
Often appears as...
- psycho behavior
- psycho disorder
Usage tips
Disapproving
noun
A suspenseful psychological thriller genre in movies and books.
Alfred Hitchcock's movie 'Psycho' is a classic in horror cinema.
Often appears as...
- psycho film
- psycho genre
Usage tips
Technical
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Figurative Usage
Often used non-literally to describe someone acting irrationally or unpredictably without being mentally ill.
She went psycho over the surprise party plans.
Pro Tip 2/3Negative Connotation
Using 'psycho' can be offensive; it stigmatizes mental illness.
It's unfair to label him a psycho just for getting angry.
Pro Tip 3/3Informal Context
'Psycho' is casual and may not be appropriate in formal or sensitive situations.
In formal discussions, use 'person with a mental illness' instead of 'psycho'.
Pro Tip 1/3Figurative Usage
Often used non-literally to describe someone acting irrationally or unpredictably without being mentally ill.
She went psycho over the surprise party plans.
Pro Tip 2/3Negative Connotation
Using 'psycho' can be offensive; it stigmatizes mental illness.
It's unfair to label him a psycho just for getting angry.
Pro Tip 3/3Informal Context
'Psycho' is casual and may not be appropriate in formal or sensitive situations.
In formal discussions, use 'person with a mental illness' instead of 'psycho'.
Pro Tip 1/3Figurative Usage
Often used non-literally to describe someone acting irrationally or unpredictably without being mentally ill.
She went psycho over the surprise party plans.
Pro Tip 2/3Negative Connotation
Using 'psycho' can be offensive; it stigmatizes mental illness.
It's unfair to label him a psycho just for getting angry.
Pro Tip 3/3Informal Context
'Psycho' is casual and may not be appropriate in formal or sensitive situations.
In formal discussions, use 'person with a mental illness' instead of 'psycho'.
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gives me a script and says, "If you think somebody has mental health issues, ask them these questions and you can get your evaluation." So the first time I saw someone who had what I thought was a mental health issue, I went for my script and I started to ask questions. "Um, sir, do you take psycho -- um, psychotrop --
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Safari Live - Day 174 PIPE...
well because there's no thorns on it so it's a bush roll of sorts maybe a little rush resset mushroom variable so I can't really see the leaves very well from here mm-hmm russet psycho acid push water and or four guys again going to camp now in
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Safari Live - Day 158 PIPE...
the ravines you know start to have some Jacko berries and they pretty much ever greens one of the only trees that you'll see dark green at the moment and that they are some psycho bushes and some sweet thorns down there and then there
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Polar Bear: Arctic Apex...
of your smash do it although they're sealed on a bear killing here and then looks like a rune seal psycho naman ring sir interesting isn't it hey it's great reasonably fresh it's not frozen yeah they've eaten just just the blubber we
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For the love of fangirls...
than a group of excited teenage girls." And then I ask myself a question I've never considered in my life. Why is it that the image of young girls screaming their lungs out with excitement for a pop star is considered crazy, psycho,
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Safari Live - Day 118 PIPE...
you right now we are with him he's coming right up in front of the car that's horrific he's walking right past us he's so relaxed and he keeps giving us that psycho what did we say if looks could kill it would be his in a
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comes through and and gets into into the air and the ground in the soil via storms like this is very important just as a sort of side note for everybody it also works the nitrogen sauce - psycho
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Safari Live - Day 138 PIPE...
psycho trying to figure out what he's no not not like fly away like tell show me what you're doing anyway that was the fork-tailed ronger on the road continued
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Why I think inside the...
this brings me to what I've been doing for the last ten years one project is called psycho geographies and I like to think of it as a catalogue of humanity
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Watch: Giant Spider...
what are you gonna do with him main night is psycho
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How judges can show...
gives me a script and says, "If you think somebody has mental health issues, ask them these questions and you can get your evaluation." So the first time I saw someone who had what I thought was a mental health issue, I went for my script and I started to ask questions. "Um, sir, do you take psycho -- um, psychotrop --
Video examples
Safari Live - Day 174 PIPE...
well because there's no thorns on it so it's a bush roll of sorts maybe a little rush resset mushroom variable so I can't really see the leaves very well from here mm-hmm russet psycho acid push water and or four guys again going to camp now in
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Safari Live - Day 158 PIPE...
the ravines you know start to have some Jacko berries and they pretty much ever greens one of the only trees that you'll see dark green at the moment and that they are some psycho bushes and some sweet thorns down there and then there
Video examples
Polar Bear: Arctic Apex...
of your smash do it although they're sealed on a bear killing here and then looks like a rune seal psycho naman ring sir interesting isn't it hey it's great reasonably fresh it's not frozen yeah they've eaten just just the blubber we
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For the love of fangirls...
than a group of excited teenage girls." And then I ask myself a question I've never considered in my life. Why is it that the image of young girls screaming their lungs out with excitement for a pop star is considered crazy, psycho,
Video examples
Safari Live - Day 118 PIPE...
you right now we are with him he's coming right up in front of the car that's horrific he's walking right past us he's so relaxed and he keeps giving us that psycho what did we say if looks could kill it would be his in a
Video examples
Introducing a New...
comes through and and gets into into the air and the ground in the soil via storms like this is very important just as a sort of side note for everybody it also works the nitrogen sauce - psycho
Video examples
Safari Live - Day 138 PIPE...
psycho trying to figure out what he's no not not like fly away like tell show me what you're doing anyway that was the fork-tailed ronger on the road continued
Video examples
Why I think inside the...
this brings me to what I've been doing for the last ten years one project is called psycho geographies and I like to think of it as a catalogue of humanity
Video examples
Watch: Giant Spider...
what are you gonna do with him main night is psycho
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Ester Dean
American Musician
I will make up a crush, you hear me?! I will look at a guy and say, for two months at least, 'I think you're cute.' And then I can be psycho. I will go in my head and make a whole life with him, he don't even understand why I'm mad at him. I'm like... 'cause you came in late last night!' And he's like, 'I don't even know you.
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Katy B
British Musician
The nice way to meet a guy is through getting to know them first. Then you can really judge their personality. What I can't take is meeting someone, going on a date, getting to know them, then finding out they're a complete psycho - 'Great, I've just wasted all this time on you!
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Michael Shannon
American Actor
I'm just kind of odd. There are dark forces in the world, and if you pay attention to what's going on around you, you end up incorporating it into the storytelling. Maybe it's some aspect of myself that's coming through that people are seeing, that I am in fact a quiet psycho.
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Josh Holloway
American Actor
I get to actually experience what it would be like to be a psycho, which is not a fun one, or to be a cowboy, or to be a weird character of some sort. For me, it suits me. It suits my personality. I'm an emotional kind of person anyway.
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Stephanie Klein
Author
The times in my life when I've been my thinnest, I've been a walking psycho wreck. Forget the fact that I was basically starving myself; skinny was usually due to some kind of loss. Death. Rejection. Divorce.
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Bridgette Wilson
American Actress
Of all the movies I've done in my life, the one where I play a crazy awful psycho woman finds me my husband.
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Arunachalam Muruganantham
Indian Businessman
Padman' was about my early life and struggles, including my wife calling me a psycho and leaving me.
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Nikki Sixx
American Musician
I forgive my mom for being a psycho and my dad for being a loser.
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Nikita Dutta
Indian Actress
I am a bit of a psycho when it comes to food.
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Reggie Miller
American Athlete
I was a psycho in college.
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Ester Dean
American Musician
I will make up a crush, you hear me?! I will look at a guy and say, for two months at least, 'I think you're cute.' And then I can be psycho. I will go in my head and make a whole life with him, he don't even understand why I'm mad at him. I'm like... 'cause you came in late last night!' And he's like, 'I don't even know you.
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Katy B
British Musician
The nice way to meet a guy is through getting to know them first. Then you can really judge their personality. What I can't take is meeting someone, going on a date, getting to know them, then finding out they're a complete psycho - 'Great, I've just wasted all this time on you!
Quote examples
Michael Shannon
American Actor
I'm just kind of odd. There are dark forces in the world, and if you pay attention to what's going on around you, you end up incorporating it into the storytelling. Maybe it's some aspect of myself that's coming through that people are seeing, that I am in fact a quiet psycho.
Quote examples
Josh Holloway
American Actor
I get to actually experience what it would be like to be a psycho, which is not a fun one, or to be a cowboy, or to be a weird character of some sort. For me, it suits me. It suits my personality. I'm an emotional kind of person anyway.
Quote examples
Stephanie Klein
Author
The times in my life when I've been my thinnest, I've been a walking psycho wreck. Forget the fact that I was basically starving myself; skinny was usually due to some kind of loss. Death. Rejection. Divorce.
Quote examples
Bridgette Wilson
American Actress
Of all the movies I've done in my life, the one where I play a crazy awful psycho woman finds me my husband.
Quote examples
Arunachalam Muruganantham
Indian Businessman
Padman' was about my early life and struggles, including my wife calling me a psycho and leaving me.
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Nikki Sixx
American Musician
I forgive my mom for being a psycho and my dad for being a loser.
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Nikita Dutta
Indian Actress
I am a bit of a psycho when it comes to food.
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Reggie Miller
American Athlete
I was a psycho in college.
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