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Hahaha I read the title with fruitcake as the slang for lunatic: really old lunatic found in Antarctica's oldest building :)

Where is this considered slang for lunatic? I've only heard this as slang for homosexual.

Heard it all the time in Missouri growing up.

http://www.dictionary.com/browse/fruitcake

Second meaning

It's common in Britain. As far as I know the thinking is: nut (head) => nut case / nuts / nutty etc. => "nuttier than a fruitcake" => fruitcake.

You might listen to the song "Fruitcakes" by Jimmy Buffett, he plays with this pun. :]

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