looney toon

A form of loony tune — A silly or crazy person; a person whose actions are unpredictable and irrational.

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Meanings

nounlooney toon (plural looney toons)

plural looney toons

  1. alternativeAlternative form of loony tune.

    Either I was going crazy or they were all looney toons.

    2011, Haruki Murakami, A Wild Sheep Chase, →ISBN
    3 more examples

    Wilson, quite early on, points out: “Many messiahs have undoubtedly been mental cases, suffering from psychotic delusions” These looney-toon 'messiahs' seem to this reviewer to be running very fast away from any profound development in human consciousness!

    2012, Vaughan Rapatahana, Philosophical (a)Musings, →ISBN, page 25

    Sir, I can assure you that I'm not escaped convict or some looney toon guy.

    2012, Shane Moore, Stranded, →ISBN, page 23

    But more importantly, he's a conspiracy theorist looney toon.

    2014, Anthony M. Harrington, Wyatt Adams, Lamb of God, →ISBN, page 68
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Chicago

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