Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Eccentric, crazy, or mentally irregular in a whimsical or unconventional way: "Kookie" describes someone or something that is odd, strange, or slightly crazy in a harmless, quirky, or amusing manner. It is an informal, often affectionate term.

Usage

• "Kookie" is an informal, slang adjective. It is often used to describe people, ideas, or behavior that are unconventional and amusingly strange, not dangerously insane.
• It is typically used in a light-hearted or endearing context.

Examples

• Adjective:
  • My aunt has some kookie ideas about gardening, but her flowers are beautiful.
  • He wore a kookie hat covered in feathers to the party.
  • The reference note says, "It used to drive my husband kookie." (This implies the behavior was annoyingly eccentric or confusing.)

Advanced Usage

• "To drive someone kookie": To annoy or frustrate someone to the point of exasperation by acting in a very strange or irrational way.
  • Her constant rearranging of the furniture is starting to drive me kookie.

Variants and Related Words

• Kooky (adj): The more common standard spelling of "kookie." Both forms are used interchangeably.
  • She has a kooky sense of humor that I love.

Synonyms

• Eccentric: Unconventional and slightly strange.
• Zany: Amusingly unconventional and idiosyncratic.
• Wacky: Funny or amusing in a slightly crazy way.
• Nutty: Crazy or foolish (informal).
• Offbeat: Unconventional; different from the usual.

Antonyms

• Conventional: Based on or in accordance with what is generally done or believed.
• Normal: Conforming to a standard; usual, typical, or expected.
• Sane: Of sound mind; not mad or mentally ill.

Related Idioms/Phrases

• As kookie as a fruitcake: An idiom emphasizing someone is very eccentric or crazy. ("Fruitcake" is a traditional idiom for craziness).
  • The inventor was as kookie as a fruitcake, but he was a genius.

Adjective

1. informal or slang terms for mentally irregular
   • it used to drive my husband balmy