Meaning of looney tunes | Babel Free

Definitions

Loony, crazy, insane.

colloquial, humorous

Examples

“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."”

“Although almost certainly suffering from manic states and perhaps from a form⟳ of manic-depressive illness, Dad could not be effectively diagnosed. He was what people might describe⟳ as either crazy as a bedbug, totally Looney Tunes, three sandwiches shy of a picnic, or an abusive manipulator.”

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