looney tunes

See also: looney-tunes and Looney Tunes

English

Alternative forms

• Looney Tunes

Etymology

Extension of loony by reference to the cartoon series Looney Tunes.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

looney tunes (comparative more looney tunes, superlative most looney tunes)

1. (colloquial, humorous) Loony, crazy, insane.
   • 1988, Denise Ohio, The Finer Grain, Naiad Press, →ISBN, page 23,

     He'd look at me sort of sideways and say all the time, you're losing it, Amy, honey, you are going looney tunes.

   • 2002, Tony Spivey, Covered Ground, Iriswhite Publishing, →ISBN, page 12,

     I thought him crazy. / Pure looney tunes.

   • 2004, Lee Driver, The Unseen, Full Moon Pub., →ISBN, page 35,

     "Well, you should have found out if she was looney tunes first."

Derived terms

• looney-tunes

Related terms

• loony tune

Anagrams

• neotenously