SILLINESS
out to lunch and out of it
not alert; giddy; uninformed. (Slang.)Bill is really out of it. Why can't he pay attention?Don't be out of it, John. Wake up!Ann is really out to lunch these days.
play the fool
to act in a silly manner in order to amuse other people.The teacher told Tom to stop playing the fool and sit down.Fred likes playing the fool, but we didn't find him funny last night.
pull a boner
to do something stupid or silly. (Slang.)Boy, I really pulled a boner! I'm so dumb.If you pull a boner like that again, you're fired!
spaced-out
dopey; giddy. (Slang.)I don't see how Sally can accomplish anything. She's so spaced-out!She's not really spaced-out. She acts that way on purpose.
See also CRAZINESS.
clown around
in. to act silly; to mess around.Please stop clowning around and get to sleep.We were just clowning around. We didn't mean to break anything.
corny
mod. having to do with overdone sentiment.Harry always laughs at corny mush in a movie.The love scenes were your corny, hands-off-the-naughtyparts events, but nobody laughed.
daffy
mod. silly; crazy.Kelly was acting daffy because she was so happy.Oh, don't be daffy!
ditzy and ditsy
mod. giddy; unaware; flighty.You are such a ditzy geek!Betty has been acting a little ditsy lately. What's wrong?
dizzy
mod. stupid; scatterbrained.The prof is a little dizzy, but entertaining.Who is that dizzy dame?
goofy
mod. silly.Stop acting so goofy! What will the neighbors say?You are really a goofy chick.
in a twitter
mod. in a giddy state; silly.Don't get yourself in a twitter.We were all in a twitter over the upcoming event.
jive-ass
mod. foolish. (Potentially offensive. Use only with discretion.)You can tell that jive-ass jerk to forget it.Don't pay any attention to that jive-ass jeff.
OTL
phr. “out to lunch”; spacy; giddy. (Initialism.)Wally is the most OTL guy I have ever seen.Sue is OTL. She seems witless all the time.
slap happy
mod. silly; giddy.I get slap happy when I have to stay up this late.She's a little slap happy, but a tremendous dear.
spaced (out) and spacy
mod. silly; giddy.I have such spaced out parents!He's so spaced!I love my spacy old dad.
space out and space
in. to become giddy; to become disoriented.She is spacing again. She doesn't even know where she is.I spaced out after the long climb.
space someone out
tr. to cause someone to become giddy.The whole business just spaced me out.The spectacle spaced out the entire audience.
tomfoolery
n. foolishness.That's enough of this tomfoolery!The entire evening was devoted to tomfoolery.
wacky
mod. loony; silly and giddy.You are about the wackiest guy I ever met.I got a real kick out of that wacky movie we saw last night.
zany
mod. silly.What a zany chick!Clare is so zany.That is a zany idea, but I like it.