loon
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9.4
- noun
- /lun/
- Offensive
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loco
- For all I know, you're... crazy as a loon.
- crazy loon
- raving loon
- fucking loon
To go hog wild and buck naked and crazy as a loon.
- To go hog wild and buck naked and crazy as a loon.
- They fought back and they fought back outrageously against these loons.
- You know, like they'll bring on like a climate scientist and they'll bring on some fringe right wing loon who thinks it's all a hoax.
- This is this is set off a wild wave of conspiracy theories online, the sort of stuff that only unstable tinfoil hat loons could possibly believe.
Examples
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You're a loon.
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That loon is damn peculiar.
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- Oh she was crazy as a loon.
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"Stay quiet, you old loon," a palace guard told him.
Fiction book (1994) -
Yeah, I think Ron Paul is a loon, and I'd never vote for him.
Blog text (9) -
Thanks for nothing, you string-sucking old loon!
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I guess you'll be treating me as a loon from now on, then.
Blog text (13) -
They all think you're a loon!
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You crazy loon!
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You're acting like a total loon by arguing with everyone.
Synonyms
67
9.9
A rude name for a person who is stupid and annoying
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8.4
A person who behaves in a silly or strange way
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9.8
A person who behaves in a strange or dangerous way
9
7.7
A person who behaves awkwardly and seems slow to understand
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7.7
A person who is not very smart
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9.5
A person who is foolish and makes silly mistakes
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9.7
A person who is not very smart
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9.2
A person who behaves foolishly and who others often insult with this word
3
9.9
A rude name for a person who is very silly or not smart
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9.3
A person who is not very smart
3
9.8
A person who behaves in a silly or foolish way
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8.7
A person who is not very smart
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9.9
A person who is clumsy and slow to understand things
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9.9
A foolish person who often does stupid things
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9.1
An insulting word for a person who acts very silly or strange
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9.9
A person who behaves in a foolish way
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9.9
A person who is not very intelligent
A person who behaves in a silly way
A rude person who annoys or hurts other people
A person who acts silly or foolish
An insulting word for a rude or stupid person
A person who behaves in a silly or foolish way
An old word for a person who is foolish or slow to understand
A clumsy person who often makes silly mistakes
A person who often thinks in a confused or silly way
How Crazy
Surface Forms
Etymology
Loon as an insult means a foolish or 'crazy' person, and a helpful way to remember this is to think of the bird's wild, strange call and odd behaviour; people began using the bird's name to mean someone acting crazy or foolish. So calling someone a loon is a way to say they seem 'crazy' or very silly.