Nut and Original

Nut

Nut noun - A person of odd or whimsical habits.

Usage example: a show devoted to those lovable nuts who collect the weirdest things just for fun

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

Nearby Words: nuthouse, nutlet

Original noun - A person of odd or whimsical habits.

Usage example: the town's singing mailman is an original, all right

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Nut and original are semantically related in character topic. Sometimes you can use "Nut" instead a noun "Original". informal substitute

beloved	beloved nut	beloved original
complete	complete nut	complete original
single	single nut	single original
real	real nut	real original
Other adjectives: happy, possessed, cracked, comic.

Character Exaggeration: In the original story, Fritz is a precocious, boisterous (if sometimes a bit rude) child who accidentally broke the Nutcracker's jaw on a nut that was too large.

Source: Theatre / The Nutcracker
Coca-Cola's original formula used to have cocaine and kola nut extracts in it, hence the namesake, and it was originally consumed as a medical tonic.

Source: Early Installment Weirdness / Real Life
In a Dorkly Originals parody of Plants VS Zombies, a Wall-nut whose bitten by a zombie gradually turns green and becomes a zombie as well (which isn't possible in the original game).

Source: And Then John Was a Zombie

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