adjective
noun
Other Word Forms
- spoonily adverb
- spooniness noun
Etymology
Origin of spoony
First recorded in 1805–15; spoon (in the archaic sense “shallow person, simpleton, fool”) + -y 1
Example Sentences
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Tickets are cheaper on the Sunday, at £35, and all its your chance to dance with Scott Mills, Venon Kay, DJ Spoony, Michelle Vissage and Rylan on the decks.
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After taking over the breakfast show, Mills was replaced on his former afternoon slot by Trevor Nelson, whose evening programme was taken over by DJ Spoony.
From BBC
Radio presenter DJ Spoony has thanked the NHS and his family after being treated in hospital for a "small bleed to the brain".
From BBC
At Addenbrooke's, Spoony was told doctors "need to operate", and ended up spending Christmas Day in hospital.
From BBC
The DJ also thanked fellow presenters Mills and DJ Spoony for filling in for her.
From BBC
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