2 definitions found
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
kook
n : someone regarded as eccentric or crazy [syn: {odd fellow}, {odd
fish}, {queer bird}, {queer duck}]
From Jargon File (4.2.3, 23 NOV 2000) [jargon]:
kook [Usenet; originally and more formally, `net.kook'] Term
used to describe a regular poster who continually posts messages with no
apparent grounding in reality. Different from a {troll}, which implies
a sort of sly wink on the part of a poster who knows better, kooks really
believe what they write, to the extent that they believe anything
The kook trademark is paranoia and grandiosity. Kooks will often
build up elaborate imaginary support structures, fake corporations and
the like and continue to act as if those things are real even after
their falsity has been documented in public.
While they may appear harmless, and are usually filtered out by the
other regular participants in a newsgroup of mailing list, they can
still cause problems because the necessity for these measures is not
immediately apparent to newcomers; there are several instances on record,
for example, of journalists writing stories with quotes from kooks who
caught them unaware.
An entertaining web page chronicaling the activities of many
notable kooks can be found at `http://www.crank.net/usenet.html'.
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