"wackness" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Audio: En-au-wackness.ogg [Australia] Forms: wacknesses [plural]
Etymology: wack + -ness, popularized by The Wackness, a 2008 coming-of-age film Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|wack|ness}} wack + -ness Head templates: {{en-noun|-|+}} wackness (usually uncountable, plural wacknesses)
  1. (slang) Badness; contemptibility Tags: slang, uncountable, usually
    Sense id: en-wackness-en-noun-LCucxchh Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ness

Inflected forms

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