Definition of a fruitcake

fruitcake    

noun

• a crazy person.

  Yeah, my uncle is a bit of a fruitcake.

  • See more words with the same meaning: crazy, insane, weird, strange person.

  Last edited on Oct 10 2011. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Aug 26 2009.

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Other terms relating to 'crazy, insane, weird, strange person':
looper	Definitions include: a dangerous crazy person.
cuckoo	Definitions include: crazy.
nut job	Definitions include: a crazy person.
Old Man Jenkins	Definitions include: an old crazy man who is one's neighbor
loony	Definitions include: a Canadian one dollar coin.
mad hatter	Definitions include: someone who sells drugs and other illegal substances.
nutter	Definitions include: a crazy person.
quack	Definitions include: to brag about one's self.
yahoo	Definitions include: a weird person.
j-cat	Definitions include: loser, unsuccessful person.
odd duck	Definitions include: a strange person.
doe	Definitions include: "weirdo".
basket case	Definitions include: an inconsolable person.
funky monkey	Definitions include: a funky person.
wackadoodle	Definitions include: a crazy person.
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dime bag	Definitions include: $10 of an illegal drug.
smacked	Definitions include: very intoxicated by anything but alcohol.
zap	Definitions include: zapping someone is cussing them out.
p-noid	Definitions include: paranoid.
hard-*ss	Definitions include: a stubborn person.
gotch eyed	Definitions include: When you hang something on a wall like a picture or poster and it is not plumb.
GHB	Definitions include: Gamma hydroxybutyrate.
crocodile tears	Definitions include: an insincere display of emotion.
off the wagon	Definitions include: adjective form of fall off the wagon.
mother's little helper	Definitions include: a pill of diazepam (Valium.)

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