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loony
noun- a madman US, 1883
An abbreviation of “lunatic”; may also be spelt “looney”. - Which one of you claims to be the craziest? Which one is the biggest loony? — Ken Kesey, One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, p. 17, 1962
- Maybe the owner had fled with his family to Nevada, leaving the village loony to mind the store and deal with the savages in his own way. — Hunter S. Thompson, Hell’s Angels, p. 149, 1966
- I smiled stupidly at people passing, as if this loony were my bereaved brother-in-law. — Leonard Cohen, Beautiful Losers, p. 45, 1966
- In less than 10 days we registered about 300 street-loonies who never even thought about voting. — Hunter S. Thompson, Fear and Loathing in America, p. 224, 6 December 1969: Letter to Warren Hinckle
- Lobotomy–isn’t that for loonies? — Repo Man, 1984
- [A]n all-American looney like Michael Jackson? — Howard Stern, Miss America, p. 71, 1995
- [E]very other ride’s a frothing loony. I’ve had bearded depressives moaning about killing themselves, psychos begging me to jump lights, and bog-eyed schizos asking to be taken to heaven. — Simon Lewis, In The Box [britpulp], p. 131, 1999
- a one-dollar coin CANADA
- We’d each be allowed to spend one loony so that we’d all be done at the same time. — Suroosh Alvi et al., The Vice Guide, p. 9, 2002
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