A person who has odd talents and can preform strange actions. Person usualy has an odd fashion sense, and generaly uses a wide and unusual vocabulary. Word comes from the word "insane".
1. I can't belive Cory can speak in 23 different launguages and fit his entire foot in his mouth, what a Zaney!
2. Look at that Zaney, he's wearing the oddest outfit i've ever seen!
Zanevode is a word from the Romanian language which means when a child/kid has a family in which that family owns a pig that has been beaten-up by someone, animal brutality.
English:
You see Andrew over there? He's a zanevode.
British slang for a scientist or technical expert, esp . when the speaker is not certain of the expert’s specific field of study. Not necessarily derogatory, but typically used by persons without a technical background. In the US, the equivalent would be “egghead”, “squint”, or “geek.”
Origin of the word is unknown. Started sometime in World War 2. Given the typical evolution of British slang, could easily have started because what these experts did was confusing or “baffling” to the common person.
According to the boffins downstairs, the murdererused a serrated blade.