different between nutbar vs taxonomy

English

Etymology

nut +? bar

Pronunciation

Adjective

nutbar (not comparable)

1. (slang) Crazy, eccentric.
   • 1996 May 9, "Sue & Mil Garrett" (username), "First question ever", in alt.tv.highlander, Usenet:

     Have Duncan and Richie been back together since Duncan went nutbar on us and tried for Richie's head?

   • 1999 December 3, "Aaron R. Kulkis" (username), "Did Aaron finaly lose his Flash.net account?", in alt.romance, Usenet:

     > information. At which point Aaron went nutbar. […]

   • 2001 October 10, "Dan Hartung" (username), "Ariel Sharon Declares War On USA ", in alt.true-crime, Usenet:

     He's almost as nutbar as that, um, other guy.

   • 2006 September 18, "Jaime M. de Castellvi" (username), "Killfile the following people", in rec.arts.tv, Usenet:

     It seems that at least some of them did not entirely relish what they perused, for they went nutbar and the rest is history.

Synonyms

• (crazy): loony, nutty, potty; see also Thesaurus:insane
• (eccentric): kooky, odd, pixilated; see also Thesaurus:eccentric

Noun

nutbar (plural nutbars)

1. (slang) A crazy, eccentric person.

Synonyms

• (crazy person): loony, nut, whackjob; see also Thesaurus:mad person
• (eccentric person): kook, odd duck, weirdo; see also Thesaurus:strange person

Related terms

• nut
• nutbag
• nutjob
• nutty

Anagrams

• tanbur, turban

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French taxonomie. Surface analysis taxo- +? -nomy.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /tæk?s?n?mi/
• (US) IPA^(key): /tæk?s??n?mi/
• Rhymes: -?n?mi

Noun

taxonomy (countable and uncountable, plural taxonomies)

1. The science or the technique used to make a classification.
2. A classification; especially, a classification in a hierarchical system.
3. (taxonomy, uncountable) The science of finding, describing, classifying and naming organisms.

Synonyms

• taxonomics
• (science of finding, describing, classifying and naming organisms): alpha taxonomy

Coordinate terms

• nomenclature
• ontology

Derived terms

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