Al Kamen - 'Loopy' takes Japan by storm

It seems Japan just can't let go of our April 14 column calling Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama the "biggest loser" at the recent nuclear summit here because he asked for -- but did not get -- a one-on-one meeting with President Obama. We also described him as hapless and, in the view of Obama administration officials, "increasingly loopy." The next day, a top aide to Hatoyama criticized the use of

[redfox2667]

ルーピーが日本で大反響になったので、ワシントンポストのアル・カーメン氏がそれに対する見解のコラムを書いた。共通に認識されているルーピーの意味は「奇妙に現実離れした人物」との事。

[powerhouse63w]

"the term (loopy) essentially refers to someone oddly detached from reality"

[cess]

ルーピーつづき。“the consensus is that the term essentially refers to someone oddly detached from reality.”　ぶはぁ｜『こういうのがloopyなんですよ』って挙げてる例がまたもう