Urban Dictionary: fruitcake

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1. A derogatory term for a homosexual man.

2. Someone who is completely insane.

3. A cake made with bits of fruit and drenched in scotch.

1. Uncle Jim married Pete? I didn't know he was a fruitcake!

2. Uncle Jim married a blender? I didn't know he was a fruitcake!

3. Me: What's a fruitcake?
Someone Else: It's a cake made with bits of fruit and drenched in scotch.
Me: Drenched in scotch? Sounds like my Uncle Jim.

by InfrequentNinja February 09, 2004

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Fruitcake

1) The word fruitcake has come to mean someone who is round the bend, out to lunch, completely fucking mad. It came from the old British slang"Nutty as a fruitcake"(fruitcakes have got nuts in, ya see), because, as you know we've used the slang term "Nutters" for the insane for....well ever, really.

2) I do believe that some American people call gay people fruitcakes. I know that the term "fruit" has been used as a slightly derogatory term for Gay men(in the UK any way), but I'm really not sure where the "cakes" bit came from, or why!.

1) "Dave came round the other day, goin' on about these multidimensional life forms that are controlling his libido or somethin'" "Oh yeah, Dave's a total Fruitcake dude."

2)....Err not sure really!! I've never heard "fruitcake" used in this context. But "Fruit":

Err 2, take 2) "Look at John mincing about,......Oi John your a proper fruit mate"

by HungryGhost March 20, 2015