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loony

[loo-nee] / ˈlu ni /


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Things didn’t really get loony until the tournament began.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 23, 2025

Here, Lively capably wears each piece of Feig’s loony story as elegantly as she does Emily’s increasingly absurd outfits.

From Salon • May 3, 2025

Each is rated on a scale of bees — one for sleepy, five for loony — in honor of the insects that tortured him in the 2006 remake of “The Wicker Man.”

From New York Times • Apr. 26, 2023

Q: Is there something you did that looking back now you say: That was so loony?

From Washington Post • Mar. 12, 2023

“Is this full-moon business true? Does he actually turn loony once a month?”

From "The Unseen Guest" by Maryrose Wood




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