cartooney

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noun

An empty and comically overstated threat of legal action, or a mock legal action.

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Meanings

cartooney1

nouncartooney (plural cartoonies or cartooneys)

plural cartoonies · plural cartooneys · alternative cart00ney

  1. InternetAn empty and comically overstated threat of legal action, or a mock legal action.

    Because we who don’t like spam need a good laugh once in a while (other than the occasional guffaws induced by cartooneys), let me share a few samples from my incoming spam cesspool.

    2004, Danny Goodman, “Rule #3: Spammers Are Stupid”, in Spam Wars: Our Last Best Chance to Defeat Spammers, Scammers, and Hackers, SelectBooks, Inc., →ISBN, page 183

cartooney2

adjective
  1. misspellingMisspelling of cartoony.

Origin

Blend of cartoon + attorney, or a variation of cartoony.

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Cite this entry
APA

cartooney. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cartooney

MLA

“cartooney.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cartooney. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “cartooney,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cartooney.

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