"cartooney" meaning in English

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Adjective

Head templates: {{head|en|misspelling}} cartooney
  1. Misspelling of cartoony. Tags: alt-of, misspelling Alternative form of: cartoony
    Sense id: en-cartooney-en-adj-DmYiiQEJ
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Noun

Audio: En-au-cartooney.ogg [Australia] Forms: cartoonies [plural], cartooneys [plural]
Etymology: Blend of cartoon + attorney, or a variation of cartoony. Etymology templates: {{blend|en|cartoon|attorney}} Blend of cartoon + attorney, {{m|en|cartoony}} cartoony Head templates: {{en-noun|cartoonies|+}} cartooney (plural cartoonies or cartooneys)
  1. (Internet slang) An empty and comically overstated threat of legal action, or a mock legal action. Tags: Internet Synonyms: cart00ney
    Sense id: en-cartooney-en-noun-4ryO~nzl Categories (other): English blends, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 35 65
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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