Jennifer Egan

But I always need to identify with a character to write about him or her - and by 'identify,' I mean see the world through that person's eyes and have a strong sense of the inner logic of their acts and decisions, wacky or wrongheaded though they might be. In that sense, I think there's some of me in all of them.

American Novelist

Julia Ormond

For sure, you don't believe the good stuff. I mean, the good stuff is just insane - wacky. If you don't take it too much to heart, it does help when the negative stuff hits. And you know the negative stuff is coming. It's got to! What comes up must come down.

British Actress

Karan Patel

My ideal woman would be someone with both beauty and intelligence. Someone who can hold her own in a conversation, gets along with my family and respects elders, loves children, and have a sense of humour as whacky as mine.

Indian Actor

Gemma Ward

As a child, I was a clown. I didn't hesitate to make a fool of myself and I would love to completely take on wacky characters.

Australian Actress

Patti Harrison

A lot of my comedy isn't necessarily about specific jokes but rather a wacky point of view that a super wacky character has.

American Actress

Kate McKinnon

I was just never discouraged from doing something wacky like trying to be a comedian.

Nicole Byer

Putting a wig on and a costume and doing a wacky character is always fun.

American Comedian

Joe Russo

We like existentially wacky characters who exist in existential crisis.

American Director

Marlon Wayans

I'm good at coming up with wacky characters and funny dialogue.

American Actor

Tim Pigott-Smith

America is very generous, but it's also a bit wacky, you know.

English Actor

Indicates a playful or creative quality that's appealing, not just odd.

Positive Quirkiness

Best used in informal settings among friends, not in serious or formal context.

Casual Conversations

Often seen in media to describe characters or settings in comedies.

Cultural Depiction

Can appear as a mild insult if it refers to a person's mental state.

Slightly Offensive

When referring to friends or family, it suggests an affectionate recognition of their quirks.

Affectionate Teasing

Not suitable for professional or academic contexts due to its casual nature.

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Battling bad science -...

 Nobody criticizes any opinion. This is important, because many times, students fear or feel uncomfortable about how others might think about their opinions and thoughts. So once you do this, it is amazing how the students open up. They have these wacky, cool, crazy, brilliant ideas, and the whole room is just electrified with creative energy.

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 we use to define the world and ourselves. When we think too highly of our thinking, when we think things are true just because we all say they're logos and stop adapting, we become the butt of jokes played on us by that wacky little trickster, chaos. Comedy conveys that destructive, instructive playfulness,

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 and now I'm an epidemiologist. And nobody really knows what epidemiology is. Epidemiology is the science of how we know in the real world if something is good for you or bad for you. And it's best understood through example as the science of those crazy, wacky newspaper headlines.

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 I love fire life controlling fire always had my whole life it's like I started with fire went to electric vehicles but now I'm into the wheelchair thing all of lances creations are amazing but I'm here because I heard about the wacky

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 But now that we've seen it, the whole world is in an arms race to try to build a quantum computer -- a computer that can harness the power of this weird and wacky quantum behavior. These things are so revolutionary and so powerful

In the war for...

 serious about the gun cool hey my pincers they don't live there right now Marc's a wacky zany character like me he knows how to crank it up a notch

Target Practice for...

 to show how hard it is for people who use wheelchairs is a wacky, counter-intuitive, dare I say stupid idea.

Wacky

Funny or strange in a quirky or unconventional way.

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Crazy or eccentric.

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