looney tunes

adjective

Loony, crazy, insane.

Meanings

looney tunes1

adjectivelooney tunes (comparative more looney tunes, superlative most looney tunes)

comparative more looney tunes · superlative most looney tunes · alternative Looney Tunes

  1. colloquialhumorousLoony, crazy, insane.

    2002, Tony Spivey, Covered Ground, Iriswhite Publishing, →ISBN, page 12, I thought him crazy. / Pure looney tunes.

    2 more examples

    1988, Denise Ohio, The Finer Grain, Naiad Press, →ISBN, page 23, He'd look at me sort of sideways and say all the time, you're losing it, Amy, honey, you are going looney tunes.

    2004, Lee Driver, The Unseen, Full Moon Pub., →ISBN, page 35, "Well, you should have found out if she was looney tunes first."

Looney Tunes2

adjectiveLooney Tunes (comparative more Looney Tunes, superlative most Looney Tunes)

comparative more Looney Tunes · superlative most Looney Tunes

  1. alternativeAlternative form of looney tunes.

    Although almost certainly suffering from manic states and perhaps from a form of manic-depressive illness, Dad could not be effectively diagnosed. He was what people might describe as either crazy as a bedbug, totally Looney Tunes, three sandwiches shy of a picnic, or an abusive manipulator.

    1998, Tonya Flynt-Vega, Ted Schwarz, Hustled: my journey from fear to faith, page 227

Origin

Extension of loony by reference to the cartoon series Looney Tunes.

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