loony tune moment
- noun
- /ˈluːni tuːn ˈmoʊmənt/
- Slang
:
momento loco
- It was such a loony tune moment when he danced on the table at the party.
Examples
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Everyone burst out laughing at her loony tune moment during the meeting.
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The movie is full of loony tune moments that defy all logic.
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That was a real loony tune moment!
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We all had a loony tune moment at the party.
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Everyone burst out laughing at her loony tune moment during the meeting.
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It was such a loony tune moment when he danced on the table at the party.
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The movie is full of loony tune moments that defy all logic.
Synonyms
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2.6
Playful or foolish behavior that is not serious and often funny
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7.9
Clown-like, silly actions meant to make people laugh
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7.5
A situation so silly or unreasonable that people laugh and do not believe it
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6.8
A very silly or crazy way of behaving that makes people laugh
A short time when someone acts silly
A short time when someone does something silly or foolish
Silly, wild actions people do to get attention
Silly actions that try to make people laugh
Silly behavior meant to make people laugh
Very foolish behavior that makes no sense
How Silly
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4.9
- Slang
Surface Forms
Morphology
The adjective 'loony' clearly signals craziness, so a learner who knows the parts could plausibly infer a meaning like a 'crazy' or 'silly' moment, but 'tune' literally means 'melody' and does not compositionally contribute to 'absurd behavior'. The phrase also echoes the cultural reference 'Looney Tunes', giving it a colloquial/idiomatic flavor that makes the exact sense partly predictable but not fully transparent to a B1 learner.
Etymology
The phrase loony tune moment comes from old cartoons called 'Looney Tunes', where characters did wild, silly, and impossible things. The words loony and tune point to that crazy cartoon image, so the phrase means a short time when someone behaves in a very silly or 'absurd' way.