Case and Nut

Case

Case noun - Something that requires thought and skill for resolution.

Usage example: that's a tough case to solve

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Nut and case are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Nut" instead a noun "Case".

Nearby Words: cased, casing, casework

Nut noun - A person judged to be legally or medically insane.

Usage example: the man walking down the street talking to himself looked like a nut until we realized he was talking into his cell phone

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Case and nut are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Case" instead a noun "Nut".

Nearby Words: nuthouse, nutlet

good	good case	good nut
clear	clear case	clear nut
complete	complete case	complete nut
single	single case	single nut
Other adjectives: obvious, small, real, big, huge, major, former, borderline, biggest.

Straw Character: The judge in charge of Good Girl's court trial is a conservative religious nut-case who hates liberals and holds a Kangaroo Court.

Source: Webcomic / League of Super Redundant Heroes
Lisa, the most relevant Buddhist character, is not always presented in a good light either, and Ned himself is hardly presented as a bad person (a little bit of a religious nut, but not mean or evil) and it's very popular among Christians themselves in a probably case of Misaimed Fandom.

Source: Religious Stereotype
In an example that's borderline subversion, an issue of Deadpool features the eponymous nut-case kidnapped by the X-Men after he attempted to kill an anti-mutant crusader on national television.

Source: Rhetorical Request Blunder

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