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Recent Examples of loopy
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.
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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
Its cataclysmic science-fiction premise hinges on the loopiest of ideas, which is the Looney Tunes formula in a nutshell: Take a popular conceit and send it spinning in a cracked direction with warp-speed slapstick and throw-everything-at-the-wall humor.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 13 Mar. 2025
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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
Its cataclysmic science-fiction premise hinges on the loopiest of ideas, which is the Looney Tunes formula in a nutshell: Take a popular conceit and send it spinning in a cracked direction with warp-speed slapstick and throw-everything-at-the-wall humor.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 13 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for loopy
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Comme des Garçons Play, founded by Japanese designer Rei Kawakubo, has turned dotty tees (and high-top trainers) into cult fashion commodities.—
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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Petsch visited the annual celebration of all things fan culture to promote the The Strangers: Chapter 2, which picks up where Chapter 1 left off — with Petsch's Maya seemingly saved from the titular Strangers' demented attack, but with the menacing Scarecrow still hunting her down.—
Ryan Coleman Updated,
EW.com,
25 July 2025
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This is like the dark, demented, twisted little sister of Under The Tuscan Sun.—
Karin Slaughter,
People.com,
29 July 2025
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Yet what starts as sensible due diligence becomes maniacal overpreparation.—
Melissa Sierra,
Forbes.com,
12 Aug. 2025
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The Redeem Team’s most entertaining stories revolve around Bryant’s maniacal work ethic.—
Skyler Trepel Published,
EW.com,
10 Aug. 2025
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The counselor also told police Trotman had had a previous psychotic break in which he was found wandering the woods.—
Peter Hermann,
Washington Post,
7 Feb. 2023
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Lewis prescribed Price anti-psychotic medication after a mental health referral Sept. 1.—
Thomas Saccente,
Arkansas Online,
17 Jan. 2023
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Cue delirious scenes, as supporters hailed a striker whose time had seemed to be up in north Wales long ago.—
Richard Sutcliffe,
New York Times,
13 Aug. 2025
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The shark punch is one sight gag among many, and Lorenzo Semple Jr.'s daffy script makes room for a delirious double-crossing romance, with Lee Meriwether's Catwoman undercover as a Wayne-attracting Soviet.—
Devan Coggan,
EW.com,
3 Aug. 2025
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Set during the night shift of a Manhattan court, the nine-season comedy starred Harry Anderson as eccentric judge Harry T. Stone, who presided over frequently bizarre cases.—
Dan Heching,
EW.com,
28 Aug. 2025
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The Timothy Spall-starring mystery series follows the unlikely crime-solving partnership between eccentric national treasure John Chapel (Spall) and socially obtuse Detective Sergeant Janie Mallowan (Gwyneth Keyworth).—
Max Goldbart,
Deadline,
28 Aug. 2025
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This new version understands the overall assignment: bring back a few familiar faces; reintroduce your resident homicidal maniac hellbent on revenge; gather an insanely photogenic cast and kill most of them.—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
16 July 2025
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Based on Roth’s fictitious trailer of the same name that appeared in Grindhouse (2007), Thanksgiving takes place in Plymouth, Massachusetts, where a masked maniac terrorizes the residents one year after a Black Friday riot ended in tragedy.—
Glenn Garner,
Deadline,
19 May 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
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Throughout the bulk of Agatha All Along, LuPone’s divination witch Lilia has been dismissed as, well, a bit batty.—
Maggie Fremont,
Vulture,
27 Dec. 2024
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“Loopy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/loopy. Accessed 3 Sep. 2025.
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