gooney

IPA: gˈuni

Any of several albatrosses, especially the black-footed albatross (Diomedea nigripes) and the Laysan albatross (Phoebastria immutabilis), that dwell primarily on islands in the Pacific Ocean, often near naval bases.
(slang) a foolish, silly or awkward person or thing; a goon.

Examples of "gooney" in Sentences

I'm so gooney, looney tuney, te'ched in the head...
"There's quite a few gooney birds out there," Joyner says.
Unlike France, nobody much goes there, aside from the native gooney birds.
“The gooney birds are no longer with us,” reported Task Force Times that day.
Me, the King of the Mimeo Revolution (according to Booklist), zinging around through cyberspace like a gooney bird.
A neighbor who watched me challenge the elements of suburbia compared my ride to the spectacle of a gooney bird trying to land.
I mean the prime craziness of the conspiracy gooney birds is the notion that the less the evidence, the more proof the authorities saw of conspiracy.
Thus, while I can't speak to how Spike Milligan came up with the title of "The Goon Show," it's clear that the term "gooney" and probably the short form "goon" was widely used in England going back to the early 19th century.
The very night of the Seles incident, four gooney birds rambled onto Cleveland's Municipal Stadium diamond -- one shook Indians outfielder Albert Belle's hand, another slid headfirst onto home plate -- and after making sports so great were promptly arrested.