fruitloop

See also: fruit loop and Fruit Loop

English

Alternative forms

• fruit loop

Etymology

Perhaps from fruity and loopy, possibly influenced by the Froot Loops brand of breakfast cereal.

Pronunciation

• Audio (General Australian):

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Noun

fruitloop (plural fruitloops)

1. (slang) A crazy person; a lunatic.
   • 1983, John Gassner, Best American Plays:

     I don't want Jimmy's attorney to rip you up and down in front of a jury and make you out to be, frankly, a vicious and insane fruitloop […]

   • 2003, Ralph Lopez, American Dream:

     Can't have no fruitloop with his finger on the button. Cokeheads maybe, but not a fruitloop. This country has high standards.

   • 2005, Jacey Eckhart, The Homefront Club:

     That poor guy is already busting his hump, learning his job, working sixteen or eighteen hours a day for some fruitloop who throws pens when he gets mad.

   • 2006, Daniel Pinchbeck, 2012: The Return of Quetzalcoatl:

     Representing the fruitloop fringe of the New Age, she claimed she was an "Arcturian ambassador," receiving transmissions from an Arcturian mothership […]

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:mad person.

Derived terms

• fruitloopery

Related terms

• fruit loops