sicko

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sick·o

(sĭk′ō)

n. pl. sick·os Slang

An emotionally disturbed person, especially one who displays morally repugnant behavior or attitudes.

[From sick.]

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sicko

(ˈsɪkəʊ)

n, pl sickos

(Psychiatry) a person who is mentally disturbed or perverted

adj

perverted or in bad taste: sicko prurience.

[C20: from sick¹ (sense 5) + -o]

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sick•ie

(ˈsɪk i)

n. Slang.

one who is deranged or perverted.

[1965]

Translations

sicko

(esp US inf)

n → Kranke(r) mf, → Irre(r) mf (pej)

adj person, group → krank, irr (pej)

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That word belongs to the establishment forces that are already lining up to attack Moore's latest salvo, the documentary "Sicko," which targets the U.S.

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Santa will be delivering a festive feast to Wakefield jail so the likes of Soham sicko Ian Huntley, child killer Roy Whiting and madman Charles Bronson can celebrate in style.

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Michael Moore's "Sicko," the gadfly helmer's healthcare expose, is alive, well, and almost ready for release.

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IF you see nothing else this year, see Michael Moore's Sicko. What's sick of course is the scandal of how the richest country in the world has turned medicine into the ultimate business.

HEALTHCARE? THAT'S RICH

THE VERDICT: Michael Moore has built a reputation for crusading filmmaking after films such as Bowling for Columbine and Fahrenheit 9/11, and Sicko is an impressive follow-up as he makes a strong argument for change to the US healthcare system.

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The 69-year-old American sicko was jailed some years ago for abusing his three-year-old daughter.

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Michael Moore has been laying unusually low while shooting his healthcare expose "Sicko" for the Weinstein Co., but he surfaced briefly last week--in print.

He's out there, Moore or less

That's the opinion of maverick film-maker Michael Moore, who spent months comparing the NHS to the appalling healthcare system in America for his new film Sicko.

'Your NHS is a beacon to the world.. don't let the politicians screw it up like in the States' EXCLUSIVE By MICHAEL MOORE (Oscar-winning film-maker whose new movie Sicko lays bare the shocking state of US)

This time last year, word was that the incendiary auteur behind "Fahrenheit 9/11" had the country's top pharmaceutical companies looking over their shoulders in anticipation of "Sicko," his look at the American healthcare industry.