Meanings
plural fruitloops · alternative fruit loop
- slangA crazy person; a lunatic.
Can't have no fruitloop with his finger on the button. Cokeheads maybe, but not a fruitloop. This country has high standards.
2003, Ralph Lopez, American Dream3 more examples
I don't want Jimmy's attorney to rip you up and down in front of a jury and make you out to be, frankly, a vicious and insane fruitloop […]
1983, John Gassner, Best American PlaysThat poor guy is already busting his hump, learning his job, working sixteen or eighteen hours a day for some fruitloop who throws pens when he gets mad.
2005, Jacey Eckhart, The Homefront ClubRepresenting the fruitloop fringe of the New Age, she claimed she was an "Arcturian ambassador," receiving transmissions from an Arcturian mothership […]
2006, Daniel Pinchbeck, 2012: The Return of Quetzalcoatl
Synonyms & antonyms
Origin
Perhaps from fruity and loopy, possibly influenced by the Froot Loops brand of breakfast cereal.
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