Query: "loopy"

[Gerald Cohen]

     I've been wondering about the origin of "loopy" (= silly, daft), as in
"a loopy idea."
RHHDAS has helpful information about "looped" (drunk) and "go looping" (to
visit bars in order to get drunk).  But why "loop"?

     Was the starting point "go looping," with " loop" meaning roughly
"rounds?"  I.e., might "go looping" originally have meant "make the rounds
" (of the bars)?

     If not, might there be any other explanations?

---Gerald Cohen



gcohen at umr.edu