nuts

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I got a reaction I didn't expect; he wasn't so sure the whole world was nuts-- maybe the nuts were at ATIC.

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  1. adjective Crazy; insane.
  2. adjective Extremely enthusiastic: I'm nuts about opera.
  3. interjection Used to express contempt, disappointment, or refusal.

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  • "But we're also aware that he's not the Man of Steel; painfully aware too that the world contains its fair share of racists and paranoid gun nuts, which is why many of those tuning into the inauguration did so with a mixture of joy and trepidation." —  Merced Sun-Star: front
  • The sprinkling of pine nuts was sparse but nevertheless so full of their distinctive flavor that it reminded me of traveling through the Taos, N.M., mountains with a couple of Taos Pueblo dudes, stopping for deer and gathering and eating pine nuts -- what they call pinon -- off the ground. —  Starbulletin Headlines
  • So a kick in the nuts is the new creation theory - you learn something new every day! —  Planet Atheism
  • It was very pumpkin-y and the nuts were an added treat, it was nice and moist .... but lacking in the gooey bar factor. —  RVABlogs
  • I topped half of it with pecans (half for the nuts, half for the non-nuts, as I say). —  JSOnline.com
 

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