spoonie

Meaning

Noun

• Alternative of spoony
• A northern shoveler (Spatula clypeata, formerly Anas clypeata).
• A person with a chronic debilitating illness.

Origin

• Unknown. Possibly related to the phrase born with a silver spoon in one's mouth.
• From the spatulate shape of the bill.
• Derived from spoon "unit of limited personal energy," which was coined by lupus blogger Christine Miserandino in an analogy in which spoons represent a person's available energy.