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Where is this considered slang for lunatic? I've only heard this as slang for homosexual.

• dzaragozar 9y ago
  http://www.dictionary.com/browse/fruitcake http://www.dictionary.com/browse/fruitcake Second meaning
• grogenaut 9y ago
  Heard it all the time in Missouri growing up.
• hanoz 9y ago
  It's common in Britain. As far as I know the thinking is: nut (head) => nut case / nuts / nutty etc. => "nuttier than a fruitcake" => fruitcake.
• civilian 9y ago
  You might listen to the song "Fruitcakes" by Jimmy Buffett, he plays with this pun. :]