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Fruitcake vs Loony - What's the difference?

fruitcake | loony |

As nouns the difference between fruitcake and loony

is that fruitcake is a cake containing dried fruits and, optionally, nuts, citrus peel and spice while loony is an insane or very foolish person.

As an adjective loony is

insane.

fruitcake

English

(wikipedia fruitcake)

Alternative forms

* fruit-cake * fruit cake

Noun

(en noun)
  • A cake containing dried fruits and, optionally, nuts, citrus peel and spice.
  • (chiefly, US, and, Canada, colloquial, derogatory) A crazy or eccentric person.
  • * 1952 , Mickey Spillane, Kiss me Deadly , p 7:
    • Easy, feller, easy. She's a fruitcake .
  • (US, slang, colloquial, derogatory, dated) A male homosexual.

    • loony

    English

    Alternative forms

    * (insane) luny, looney

    Adjective

    (er)
  • (of a person) Insane.
  • (of a thing) Very silly, absurd.

    • Synonyms

    * See also

    Noun

    (loonies)
  • An insane or very foolish person.