Ray Bradbury

If you want to find the source of much of the music of modern day Russia, you will find it in the incredible compositions of that crazed lunatic Berlioz.

American Writer

Matt Taibbi

America's always had a real passion for lunatic movements. That's one of the things we're probably known for around the world, I would imagine.

American Author

Paige

WWE, I'm just full-on Paige, my in-ring character. 'Total Divas' is where I can completely be myself and be my lunatic, weird person.

English Athlete

Nick Frost

I always think I could play a fantastic psychopath. I'd like to play a psycho. With a heart, you know. A caring lunatic.

English Actor

Jean Cocteau

Children and lunatics cut the Gordian knot which the poet spends his life patiently trying to untie.

French Director

Jeff Beck

A lunatic lifestyle on the road doesn't permit you to get too hip to stuff as you should.

British Musician

Friedrich Nietzsche

A casual stroll through the lunatic asylum shows that faith does not prove anything.

German Philosopher

Ezra Pound

I guess the definition of a lunatic is a man surrounded by them.

American Poet

Spike Milligan

My Father had a profound influence on me. He was a lunatic.

Irish Comedian

Dr. Dre

American Musician

Lunatic is often seen as offensive when referring to mental illness.

Negative Connotation

Originally linked to 'luna' (moon), suggesting madness was tied to lunar phases.

Historical Term

Used to emphasize very foolish or out-of-the-ordinary actions.

Extreme Behavior

Describes someone with an overly passionate hobby or interest.

Eccentric Enthusiasm

Can suggest that their enthusiasm is amusing but a bit too much.

Slight Disapproval

Implies the person's actions are odd to the observer.

Perceived Strangeness

The term is not appropriate for actual clinical or therapeutic contexts.

Not Clinically Accurate

Lunatic as an adjective means something is wild or impractical.

Metaphorical Use

It's informal and might be inappropriate in formal or sensitive settings.

Colloquial Language

 obviously spoke only his local language when he left I was quite sure he hadn't the faintest idea of what I've been trying to explain and was probably going back to his village to report that he had met a harmless lunatic although I searched for the rest of the day I found no more pieces of egg but when I came

Harmless Lunatic and the...

 lunatic farmer doesn't use any pesticides herbicides or genetically modified seeds and so for that he's called crazy by the system I want you to know that we can all make a difference by making different choices by buying our food directly from local farmers or neighbors we know in real life

What's wrong with our...

 looked at me like i was a lunatic and said how are you gonna find him right do you have his address and i said do you have his name nope do you have a phone number said nope and so he said well how are you going to find him and i kind of felt like i had to say

The Strange Tail of...

 He said that such a man would be in a lunatic asylum, if he existed at all. And some people fall smack in the middle of the introvert/extrovert spectrum, and we call these people ambiverts. And I often think that they have the best of all worlds.

The power of introverts...

 Now, in lots of languages, you couldn't use that construction unless you are a lunatic and you went out looking to break your arm -- and you succeeded. If it was an accident, you would use a different construction. Now, this has consequences.

How language shapes the...

 something that hasn't been done before that other people think is all value now I thought I do say worthwhile I'm not just a local lunatic who's making these strange patterns they'll get covered up two days later

One Man’s Walk in the...

 this aquatic idea has been miscategorized as lunatic fringe, and it is not lunatic fringe. And the ironic thing about it is that they are not staving off the aquatic theory to protect a theory of their own,

Elaine Morgan says we...

 the Muslim world with horror and revulsion and what that meant was that his his idea of jihad could never become mainstream he condemned himself to operating on the lunatic fringes of his own community

Why global jihad is...

 the Muslim world with horror and revulsion, and what that meant was that his idea of jihad could never become mainstream. He condemned himself to operating on the lunatic fringes

Bobby Ghosh: Why global...

 assassination attempt week after week if I fell under my family's going with this evil guy is a lunatic in office you know

Lunatic

Negative Connotation

Historical Term

Extreme Behavior

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