screwy

screwy
/skrooh"ee/, adj., screwier, screwiest. Slang.
1. crazy; nutty: I think you're screwy, refusing an invitation to the governor's dinner.
2. disconcertingly strange: There's something screwy about his story.
3. absurdly peculiar or impractical; ridiculous: screwy ideas.
[1810-20; SCREW + -Y1]

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