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fruitcake

fruitcake

Date: Dec 27 2007

Themes: Hobbies, Holidays, Pop Culture

Quote

1. Quote - Listen to the quote and guess what the slang means.

“There was one painting critic…he’s a bit of an old fruitcake, but he said I shouldn’t be allowed to [paint]. But I don’t really listen to him.”

- Former Beatle Paul McCartney on the response to his attempts at painting. (Reader’s Digest)

Definition

1. Definition - Study the definition.

crazy, insane

2. Use - Learn how the slang is used.

It’s two days after Christmas, so fruitcakes everywhere are severely discounted. You could probably go to a store right now and get four fruitcakes for the price of one. Then you could save them all year until Christmas next year and give them as gifts! What a great idea!

Well, not really. But it’s one that’s tried often enough that it’s common to joke about receiving a stale fruitcake for Christmas. Fruitcake is sweet bread with dried fruit and nuts in it and it’s tasty when fresh. But after a year it’s not so good (though, strangely enough, still edible).

You probably already know that to say someone is “nuts” means that he or she is crazy. Since fruitcakes have nuts in them, people started saying, “You’re as nutty as a fruitcake,” when someone did something strange. The expression was so popular that now you can just call someone crazy a fruitcake.

Since Paul McCartney is famous for being a musician, people thought it was rather strange when he started painting. His work was shown in some galleries and liked by some, but one critic disliked it so much that he joked that McCartney shouldn’t be allowed to paint.

The comment didn’t hurt McCartney’s feelings though. He thinks the critic is just an “old fruitcake.” That means he’s both nutty and stale!

Examples

1. Examples - Hear some example sentences.

“I always see my neighbor talking to himself. He’s a complete fruitcake.”

“Oh man, you don’t want to date that girl. She’s always drunk and yelling. A total fruitcake.”

Winners

1. Winners - See who guessed the slang definition correctly.

永恒破灭者 very stupid, foolish, insane; a mad or an eccentric person; a homo-sexual or someone unsecure in his masculinity
by 永恒破灭者
a crazy person
by panggerm
ljiljana it means, i think, that the person doesn't have it all together; crazy; nuts;
by ljiljana
MWang strange person or eccentric people.
by MWang
Vikky McCartney said that that critic is a strange, mad man.)) fruitcake - mad, eccentric and even homosexual)) but it's a cake with fruit too)
by Vikky
Red-Onyx fruitcake is someone who seems to be mentally ill or behaves in a strange way
by Red-Onyx
oddball;eccentric;nutcase
by Austinpowers
crazy person
by anetka77
laotao weirdo 古怪的人
by laotao
i guess that it is crazy person.
by Fariohermit
crazy person
by patricia_divina_velasquez
Zhang Yang A crazy or an eccentric person
by Zhang Yang
Crazy person, nut, loony.
by LuisAntonio
yura1987 perhaps, it means that he's crazy, loony.
by yura1987
Eng_Eager Fruitcake means: unusual or odd person
by Eng_Eager
Big baby Besides a cake fruitcake is a crazy, psycho, mental person.
by Big baby
Kay-Anna I think it means like, crazy...or not in right state of mind
by Kay-Anna
earthlost fruitcake means madman/madwoman
by earthlost
he is a strange man,his behaviour is strange
by xuefenbunny
zwfl It mean something illness of thinking.
by zwfl
a crazy person =)
by panggerm
Mendicus I guess an fruitcake means a nutty person whom should not be taken seriously.
by Mendicus
liru A crazy or an eccentric person
by liru
MVP to behave in a strange way
by MVP

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jewel111

jewel111

Philippines

fruitcake for me is like a stool when it on the process, but when the out put is made the taste gets you crazy when…

10:51 AM Dec 27 2007 |

rihab2008

rihab2008

Tunisia

fruitcake isgood cake for me

10:31 AM Dec 27 2007 |

leeloo25

leeloo25

Tunisia

I like fruitcakes Literally and figuratively

10:21 AM Dec 27 2007 |

kaushalyats

Sri Lanka

I still wonder why people use word fruitcake to call a crazy person because if you say she is a fruitcake my impression will be like she is hot,yum yum or succulant

05:31 AM Dec 27 2007 |

jianghl

China

crazy!!!

05:20 AM Dec 27 2007 |

li xu

li xu

China

Maybe someone’ thoughts or behaviours can’t be understood easily by most people they can call him fruitcake

04:44 AM Dec 27 2007 |

hades

hades

China

by my side,there are many fruitcakes.now,i see this artical i know it.

02:48 AM Dec 27 2007 |

shechonyang

China

The fruitcake is so interesting that i donot forget it for ever.

02:30 AM Dec 27 2007 |

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