"wackness" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: En-au-wackness.ogg Forms: wacknesses [plural]
Etymology: From 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

Inflected forms

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