different between nutty vs nutbar

English

Etymology

nut +? -y

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?n?ti/
• Rhymes: -?ti

Adjective

nutty (comparative nuttier, superlative nuttiest)

1. Containing nuts.

2. Resembling or characteristic of nuts.
   • 1997, Mary Jo Plutt, Prevention's Stop Dieting and Lose Weight Cookbook, Rodale, ?ISBN, p. 210:

     Brown rice has had only its outer hull removed, leaving it with a beige color and a a pleasantly nutty flavor.

3. Barmy, crazy, mad.

4. (Britain, dated) Extravagantly fashionable
   • 1932, Frank Richards, "The Complete Outsider", The Magnet

     Skinner's friendship with his nutty pals seemed to have come to a sudden end.

Usage notes

In sense “insane”, similar to nuts, but more limited and somewhat milder: nutty means “eccentric, insane”, while “nuts” can mean either “insane” or “enthused, agitated” (“the crowd went nuts”), for which “nutty” is not used: *“the crowd went nutty”.

Synonyms

• nuts, squirrelly
• See also Thesaurus:insane

Related terms

• nutter
• nutty as a fruitcake

Translations

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