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Recent Examples of loopy
Cole Escola began their career on YouTube, hilariously dressed in a middling wig, performing a pitch-perfect and extremely loopy imitation of Bernadette Peters.
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Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 9 June 2025
But the biggest influence here is the late, great Broad City, with its loopy surreal touches and its willingness to gleefully trample over any notion of good taste.
—Dave Nemetz, TVLine, 28 May 2025
With hitters, getting players with long, loopy swings is not working.
—Troy Renck, Denver Post, 21 May 2025
That film’s loopy, entropic plot wasn’t for everyone, but the film did serve as a boundary-breaking showcase for Asian actors (among them Michelle Yeoh and Ke Huy Quan, both of whom won Academy Awards), and explored, at least in a loose, freewheeling way, philosophies largely ignored in the West.
—Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 28 Mar. 2025
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Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 9 June 2025
But the biggest influence here is the late, great Broad City, with its loopy surreal touches and its willingness to gleefully trample over any notion of good taste.
—Dave Nemetz, TVLine, 28 May 2025
With hitters, getting players with long, loopy swings is not working.
—Troy Renck, Denver Post, 21 May 2025
That film’s loopy, entropic plot wasn’t for everyone, but the film did serve as a boundary-breaking showcase for Asian actors (among them Michelle Yeoh and Ke Huy Quan, both of whom won Academy Awards), and explored, at least in a loose, freewheeling way, philosophies largely ignored in the West.
—Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 28 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for loopy
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People wanted to wear clothes at the cutting edge, which gave dotty fabrics woven by machine a natural fanbase among the society ladies who could afford them.—
Natalie Hammond,
CNN Money,
25 Aug. 2025
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Jones, Redgrave, and an unrecognizable Margot Kidder as their dotty landlady bravely expose their vulnerability.—
Armond White,
National Review,
25 June 2025
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The 8 Show For something similar with a bit more humor, The 8 Show follows a demented game show in which eight people live in an apartment and are forced to ration.—
Keith Langston,
PEOPLE,
27 Sep. 2025
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My sudden and total exposure to this truth left me feeling demented.—
Zadie Smith,
New Yorker,
22 Sep. 2025
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Plus, Jeremiah had to still be winded by busting out that extended dance remix of his maniacal villain laugh from back on the beach.—
Dalton Ross,
Entertainment Weekly,
2 Oct. 2025
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In a desperate attempt to stop The Entity, President Erika Sloane (Angela Bassett) locates Ethan, who is now a rogue agent, and asks him to achieve the impossible by finding a way to shut the maniacal AI down.—
Tim Lammers,
Forbes.com,
16 Sep. 2025
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Names and backstories are different, but in Pynchon’s text, stoner pianist Zoyd Wheeler is taking odd jobs and government disability checks obtained by staging regular psychotic episodes, when federal agent Brock Vond drives him and his 14-year-old daughter Prairie from their home.—
Rory Doherty,
Time,
26 Sep. 2025
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Lockjaw is Bob's psychotic, longtime nemesis, who is obsessed with finding him and his daughter.—
Lauren Huff,
Entertainment Weekly,
26 Sep. 2025
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Tens of thousands of delirious Bears fans in attendance shook the building.—
Dan Wiederer,
New York Times,
29 Sep. 2025
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Black Rabbit knows how to escalate, and Law and Bateman anchor that delirious intensity with a pair of performances that, within seconds, go from endearing to infuriating and then back again.—
Roxana Hadadi,
Vulture,
16 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Cumming plays Gustav Fletching, the eccentric ringmaster of the Fletching and Moondrop Traveling Carnival of Curiosities, which existing fans know plays a huge role kickstarting the narrative of the campaign two.—
Christopher Cruz,
Rolling Stone,
1 Oct. 2025
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Schiaparelli was founded in Paris in 1927 by Elsa Schiaparelli and became synonymous with eccentric and surreal designs.—
Alyce Collins,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 Sep. 2025
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Instead, channel vibes that are more wickedly stylish than batty.—
Amelia Mularz,
Architectural Digest,
15 Sep. 2025
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After the batty banter, Ted admitted that he was frustrated because Pellegrini came into his brother Eddie’s diner, and now the mobster has Eddie and Ted’s girlfriend scared.—
Vlada Gelman,
TVLine,
16 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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The nutty, caramel-like notes feel seasonal but less polarizing than pumpkin.—
Moná Thomas,
PEOPLE,
1 Oct. 2025
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Apple dapple cake features warm, nutty flavors and is topped with a heavenly toffee glaze.—
Phoebe Evans,
Southern Living,
1 Oct. 2025
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“Loopy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/loopy. Accessed 6 Oct. 2025.
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