Meaning of tinfoily | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Resembling or characteristic of tinfoil.
2. Characteristic of or prone to paranoia or conspiracy theories.
   derogatory, informal

Examples

“It tinkles. As it skitters along the ground, it makes a tinny, tinfoily little noise as its edges scrape along the concrete.”

“The walls were festooned with silver and white tinfoily stuff, and on every table stood a tall slim vase, spilling over with sprayed silver flowers.”

““There’s a tinfoily blanket thing, a prescription bottle full of something. Pain pills?””

“By the time you land an engineering gig at Apple, you are a twitchy, tinfoily mess.”

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