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Loon is NOT an adjective that you can apply to Stallman. loon n 1: a worthless lazy fellow He is certainly not that. He founded the GNU project. Autho
by mrb 15y ago
Loon is NOT an adjective that you can apply to Stallman.
loon
n 1: a worthless lazy fellow
He is certainly not that. He founded the GNU project. Authored the GPL. Wrote dozens of open source applications. And overall contributed a lot to free software. Choose your words carefully!
- RobAtticus 15y agoLoon is used as slang to mean somebody who is a bit off the wall or crazy, as in that person belongs in the "loony bin" (mental hospital).
- WalterGR 15y agoIt's unclear to me why you're being so harshly downvoted. All that's needed is a quick trip to Wiktionary (or your favorite dictionary) to see that you're correct. EDIT: Well, I should note that you're correct about the definition. I don't know about the etymology.
- snth 15y agoLoon: a silly or foolish person. From my apple dictionary.
- VonGuard 15y agoIt's also a bird. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loon http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loon The bird does, notably, have better hygiene than RMS.
- balakk 15y agoI always thought loon was a shortened term for "lunatic". Not that I'm calling RMS one.