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Recent Examples of kookiness
The friendship between these two witches is the core of this whole story, and the way that Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande perform it is what made the first movie work, despite the all-surrounding kookiness of Wicked.
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Rebecca Alter, Vulture, 21 Nov. 2025
Rebecca Alter, Vulture, 21 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for kookiness
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Telling the story of the clashing egos and raging idiocy of the fictional Spinal Tap, Reiner both directed and starred as the filmmaker-within-the-film Marty DiBergi.—
Brian Tallerico,
Vulture,
15 Dec. 2025
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Advertisement Aster keenly satirizes Joe’s idiocy in the face of social upheaval through the iconography of Westerns.—
Robert Daniels,
Time,
10 Oct. 2025
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But the comedians also used those laughs to reveal the fundamental absurdity of violence and conflict.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
7 Jan. 2026
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Rather than focusing solely on superpowers, the series leans into the absurdities and insecurities of the entertainment industry, pulling back the curtain on fame, failure, and second chances.—
Okla Jones,
Essence,
5 Jan. 2026
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But asking a vitriolic group of nearly 20,000 San Antonio Spurs supporters to crank up the volume before shooting a potential game-winning free throw with 6.4 seconds remaining? A unique type of lunacy ….—
Joseph Dycus,
Mercury News,
15 Nov. 2025
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Because it’s invariably attached to the idea of some kind of lunacy.—
Zack Sharf,
Variety,
3 Nov. 2025
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In which SpongeBob and Gary the Snail have a conversation about string cheese, and the Flying Dutchman goes crazy at the sheer inanity of it.—
Owen Gleiberman,
Variety,
21 Dec. 2025
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The inanity and nihilism is still there, but tinged with something darker and more permanent, a sense that the rules of capitalism changed.—
Liz Hoffman,
semafor.com,
19 Dec. 2025
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She was found not guilty by reason of insanity in 2006 and was placed in a maximum-security psychiatric center in Texas, where she's resided ever since.—
Emily Blackwood,
PEOPLE,
10 Jan. 2026
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In addition, only 26% of defendants raising the insanity defense were found not guilty by reason of insanity.—
Martha Ross,
Mercury News,
9 Jan. 2026
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Of course, no Kojima title would be complete with a little bit of craziness, but even the more far-out aspects of the game make more sense and are a thrilling part of the journey.—
Gieson Cacho,
Mercury News,
29 Dec. 2025
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Eric had to absorb a lot of her craziness and unspent love.—
Benjamin Markovits,
The Atlantic,
21 Dec. 2025
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Otherwise, a spectacle that’s supposed to be an ode to the power of Hollywood hokum simply becomes the minor-key embodiment of it.—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
11 Oct. 2025
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Let’s dive in and see what the hype, and the hokum (because there is some), is all about.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
22 Aug. 2025
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This is Spielberg at his most pure and sensational, an undiluted cinematic experience that lacks any of his sentimental claptrap and steers clear of his tendency for multiple endings.—
Tim Grierson,
Vulture,
20 June 2025
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Third, despite Trump’s claptrap, plenty of fresh delta water is being pumped south to fill fire hydrants and the tanks of firefighting aircraft.—
George Skelton,
Los Angeles Times,
10 Jan. 2025
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“Kookiness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/kookiness. Accessed 19 Jan. 2026.
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