knäppgök — meaning in English

English meaning

• fruitcake noun A dense cake made with dried fruit, nuts, and spices, often served at Christmas or weddings.
• loony adj Crazy or mentally unstable.
• lunatic noun A person regarded as insane or wildly irrational (now considered old-fashioned and offensive as a clinical term).
• nutcase noun Informal: a crazy, eccentric, or foolish person.
• stupid adj Lacking intelligence or common sense.

Senses

knäppgök is used for these senses in English:

• fruitcake (colloquial, derogatory) A crazy or eccentric person. [from 1950s]
• loony (informal, offensive, derogatory) An insane or very foolish person.
• lunatic An insane person.
• nutcase (slang, chiefly, derogatory) Someone who is insane.

fruitcake — full definition

1. noun A dense cake made with dried fruit, nuts, and spices, often served at Christmas or weddings.
2. noun An eccentric or crazy person (informal).

loony — full definition

1. adj Crazy or mentally unstable.
2. adj Extremely silly or ridiculous.
3. noun An informal word for a foolish or unstable person.

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