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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
wack1

▶noun Brit. informal used as a familiar term of address, chiefly in Liverpool.

– origin 1960s: perh. from wacker ‘a Liverpudlian’, of unknown origin.

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
wack2 US informal

▶noun

1 a crazy or eccentric person.

2 worthless or stupid ideas or work; rubbish.

▶adjective bad; inferior.

– origin 1930s: prob. a back-form. from wacky.

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