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English
Etymology
From creep + -a- + -(z)oid, possibly as a variant of creepoid.
Pronunciation
Adjective
creepazoid (comparative more creepazoid, superlative most creepazoid)
- (slang) Creepy.
1990, Gloria Nagy, A House in the Hamptons, Delacorte Press, published 1990, page 121:Well, it's this great big old spooky house just off the Highway before East Hampton and a real creepazoid kinda handyman type lets me in and no lights on, like a Boris Karloff movie or somethin'.
2008, Leslie Kelly, Heated Rush, Harlequin, →ISBN, page 41:She wanted him physically, as she hadn't wanted anyone in a long time. Including her creepazoid ex.
2011, Christy Reece, Sweet Reward, Ballantine Books, published 2012, →ISBN, page 271:Not only because she was buying clothes to entice a creepazoid criminal to sleep with her, but because she was still so furious with Jared.
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Noun
creepazoid (plural creepazoids)
- (slang) A creepy person or creature.
- Synonyms: creep, creeper, creepoid
- Coordinate terms: freakazoid, weirdo
2005, William Bernhardt, Dark Eye, Ballantine Books, published 2006, →ISBN, page 230:[…] According to this book, the public image of Poe as this ghoulish creepazoid is inaccurate. His work was creepy, but he wasn't."
2010, Robin Benway, The Extraordinary Secrets of April, May, & June, Razorbill, →ISBN:“What sort of stalker creepazoid does that?”
2012, Anton Strout, Alchemystic, Ace, →ISBN:"Like hell, I don't," he said. "I don't want to see my roommate get killed. You know how hard it was to find someone who wasn't a Craigslist creepazoid in the first place? […]
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