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.

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