[Ads-l] Further Antedating of "Wack" (Adjective)

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wack, adj. (OED 1986)

1984 Steven Hager Hip Hop 110 (Internet Archive)

Wack — stupid; unoriginal; unimaginative.

Fred Shapiro

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