kookdom

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Meaning · English

The state or quality of being a kook; eccentricity, weirdness.

Register: slang

Where it’s used: Used American English

Examples

[…] Paul Zindel aroused the hope that he might be a playwright in the Williams mode, one who could cast a kindly light in the dark corners of twisted souls. That is precisely the hope dashed by his latest play, The Secret Affairs of Mildred Wild. Here he is simply huckstering kookdom for cheap laugh

Usage example from English Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0, retrieved 2026-07-30)

Sources & notes

Adapted from English Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0, retrieved 2026-07-30 via kaikki.org).

Common questions

What does “kookdom” mean?

The state or quality of being a kook; eccentricity, weirdness.

Is “kookdom” formal or informal?

kookdom is generally slang.