looney

[ loo-nee ]

/ ˈlu ni /

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a variant of loony¹.

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On the farm, the feed for chicks is significantly different from the roosters’; ______ not even comparable.

And even if that did succeed, if the loonies want to replace Boehner with someone to his right, they need, again, 217 votes.
The Shutdown and Boehner’s Future|Michael Tomasky|October 1, 2013|DAILY BEAST
At first, they were dismissed as a Postal Service problem, as if loonies had suddenly been recruited to work there.
Going Postal|Mark Ames|November 7, 2009|DAILY BEAST
Today a new generation of loonies has taken over the asylum.
The Year in Palin|The Daily Beast|August 28, 2009|DAILY BEAST
What is going on with the despondent Republican Party that it hosts loonies called the birthers in its ranks?
Will the Birthers Doom the GOP?|John Batchelor|July 28, 2009|DAILY BEAST

Kurt dug out a handful of coins and picked out enough loonies and toonies to make ten dollars, and handed it over.
Someone Comes to Town, Someone Leaves Town|Cory Doctorow
I say, Reggie, old thing—present company excepted—have there been any loonies in your family?
Indiscretions of Archie|P. G. Wodehouse