madman

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Yes, the name takes hokey to a whole new level, and one could certainly be within his rights saying the madman is a bit of a lazy mashup of Jigsaw and Joker.

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  • He was called a madman, they threw mud and stones at him, and followed him, hooting and calling after him. —  The Life and Legends of Saint Francis of Assisi
  • Maggione was quietly stunned that the madman was actually calling him again. —  Patterson, James - [Alex Cross 12] - Cross
  • Pour yourself a generous glass of Wild Turkey and relax It's what this madman is about—one of two we put on Ganymede, Flo, honey. —  Asimov'sSF,December2006
  • Or, to put it differently, one of the definitions of a madman is a person who keeps doing the same thing, hoping for a different outcome. —  The Corner
  • The crusading -- what one might call "madman" -- school of right-wing foreign policy did not die with the fall of the Berlin Wall. —  Freezerbox Magazine
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/ˈmædmən/
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