tinfoily

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   Resembling or characteristic of tinfoil.

   • It tinkles. As it skitters along the ground, it makes a tinny, tinfoily little noise as its edges scrape along the concrete.
   • The walls were festooned with silver and white tinfoily stuff, and on every table stood a tall slim vase, spilling over with sprayed silver flowers.
   • “There’s a tinfoily blanket thing, a prescription bottle full of something. Pain pills?”
2. 2

   Characteristic of or prone to paranoia or conspiracy theories.

   • By the time you land an engineering gig at Apple, you are a twitchy, tinfoily mess.

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