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Lunatic
A reckless or psychopathic individual. Derived from 'Lunar' which in turn is derived from the Latin word for 'Moon'.
It used to be popular belief that insane and psychologically disturbed people had been effected by the phases of the moon.

His hands are soaked in blood and hes carrying a sickle with a big grin on his face.
By Hermine
Lunatic
crazy or psychotic person

why wasn't this here?
By Wilie
Lunatic
A guy who stalks a person on the internet who wants nothing to do with him.

1. Opens websites about person. writes about them on myspace.

2. talks about their family

3. calls and harrasses people

4. tries to get other guys to abuse person

5. tries to get personal information under aliases

6. comes into chatrooms and stalks people

7. Breaks into e-mail accounts

8. Shows up at the door with knives

wow.. that vitale guy sure was a lunatic, did he finally go jump off a bridge or is he still obsessed?
By Abbe
Lunatic
one kissed by moonlight as a child.

By Virgina
Lunatic
One who exudes joy and enthusiasm, promoting happiness in the hearts and minds of others

See Elaine over there, she's like a lunatic lately, never saw her looking so well
By Lesli
Lunatic
A bug that lives on the moon.

Astronauts brought back bugs from the moon which they called lunatics.
By Noellyn
Lunatic
Rebel, suicide bomber rebel, suicide bomber, extremist, anybody who does extreme or unexpected things.

Example from The Godfather Part II movie:
A: "I saw an interesting thing happen today. A rebel was being arrested by the military police. Rather than be taken alive he exploded a grenade he had in his jacket. He killed himself and took a captain of the command with him."
B: "Those rebels are lunatics."
By Liv
Lunaticitis
A condition where you pass out drunk, then sleep walk and piss in random locations. You have no memory of this the next morning.

Oh shit Taylon looks like you had a bad case of Lunaticitis last night. You pissed all over the fridge.
By Selestina
Lunatic
Before electricity was invented, full moons would cause masses of people to come out of their houses at night and frolic under the moonlight.

There's a full moon tonight, I'm sure all the lunatics will be out causing havoc!
By Chanda
Lunatic
Noun: An individual who is incapable of acting rationally due to mental illness, usually accompanied by overt bizarre behavior. Usually used humorously or informally.

Adj: Behavior that is manifestly irrational and disturbing to others

The action of the United States Congress in voting to pass a bill that would strike this word Lunatic from the U.S. Code.

They do not provide a replacement for this term, therefore if there are existing laws that protect those who do not have the ego or cognitive ability to care for themselves, any governmental protection will be removed.

The reason given is that the word has an archaic root, which would include eliminating a fairly large part of the English vocabulary, it would be decimated (look that one up
By Bunnie