Meanings
plural lunachicks
- colloquialderogatoryA lunatic girl or woman.
When your woman becomes a self-destructive “lunachick” and drives you up the wall, she's not trying to break off the relationship. She's trying to transform herself, yourself, and the relationship to next level.
2003, Thomas David Kehoe, Hearts and Minds: How Our Brains Are Hardwired for Relationships, Casa Futura Technologies, →ISBN, page 2172 more examples
A lunachick.” “Lunachick?” Lux thought of the little girl with uncombable hair. A girl like that is always stigmatized and misunderstood. Of course she'd be called crazy because of her syndrome; her hair spiraling in a hive of curls[…]
2007 July 31, Maria Flook, Lux: A Novel, Little, Brown, →ISBNFreaking lunachick. I can imagine her looking at herself in her mirror and going, “Mirror God, Mirror God on the wall—am I, like, the hottest, most radical Christian Crusader of them all? Amazing! I will spread your word, Mirror God,[…]
2020 August 11, Lori Lansens, This Little Light: A Novel, Abrams, →ISBN
Origin
Blend of lunatic + chick (“woman”).
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