A fork of Rural Dictionary
a very irresponsible person who is likely to cause destruction
How did such a loose cannon get into a position of authority?
Someone who is unstable and unpredictable
Matt Goulster was a loose cannon at work yesterday
A term of jealous criticism applied to individuals of rare flexibility and creativity, by mobs of petty-minded group-thinking procedure slaves.
They called me a loose cannon until one of my crazy ideas saved them half a million bucks. After that I insisted on being called a 360 degree swivel-mounted artillery unit.
a) (offensive) an irrational/non pragmatic/behaviorally unpredictable person who is neither under the influence of any drugs/alcohol nor has ADD/ADHD
b ) (sarcastic) a person who does rational and somewhat pragmatic things first without, however, having thought them through properly and then asks intelligent questions regarding his previous pragmatic actions
c) an offensive term for children with, or perceived to have, ADD/ADHD, regardless of whether or not this is truly the case
boy a) my girlfriend is such a loose cannon, and makes the most irrational, non-pragmatic decisions, is there anything I can do?
boy b) are you lol, your girlfriend's social worker or psychiatrist? It may be that she is just a loose cannon according to you, IYHO only and normal to everyone else. and lol, is it possible that you are a loose cannon according to her?
boy a) Dunno and idc if i am a loose cannon according to her. IMHO she needs a few doses of methylphenidate
1) Something the police chief calls two cultually different partnerd cops, when he is angy with them and when the police chief has "the mayor on his ass"
2) In an erotic gay movie about police: The thing that the police chief looks forwad too when "has the mayor on his ass"
1) "You two are loose cannons, but your damn good cops!"
2) "I like the two on your loose cannon, let's play good cop, bad cop!"
A person with the ability to go off unprovoked (usually under the influence of alcohol) at any time, cause disaster at a whim whilst completely unaware of the carnage around them.
He's a loose cannon, he could go off at any time.
A slut or otherwise trashy girl
Bud 1: Did you hook up with Margo last night?
Bud 2: Easily, that girl is a fuckin' loose cannon.