"fundiloon" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: fundiloons [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} fundiloon (plural fundiloons)
  1. (politics, informal, rare) A fundamentalist loon, that is, a person who is fundamentalist (religiously and socially conservative) and (regarded as) crazy. Tags: informal, rare Categories (topical): People, Politics Synonyms: wingnut

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