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Origin of spoony
First recorded in 1805–15; spoon (in the archaic sense “shallow person, simpleton, fool”) + -y 1
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Foolish people may have been called spoony because, like the bowl of a spoon, they are shallow and lack depth.
From The Guardian • Aug. 19, 2019
A fellow can't show a nice girl a whole lot of spoony attentions, and then back off, letting the girl discover that he has been only fooling all summer.
From Dick Prescott's Second Year at West Point Finding the Glory of the Soldier's Life by Hancock, H. Irving (Harrie Irving)
You came here to show how hard you'd got the railroad fever--hey, you spoony?
From Ralph in the Switch Tower by Chapman, Allen
All the girls hate him because he is so spoony.
From Turn About Eleanor by Cootes, F. Graham
"And spoony as two mush ladles, I expect," says I. "Humph!" says he, tossin' the brass paper knife reckless onto the polished mahogany desk top.
From On With Torchy by Lincoln, Foster
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