What is でれでれ (spoony)?


Could someone explain what this word means? It seems to describe a man who
will do anything a woman he likes wants him to do but it is not that obvious
from the E&J defintions and picture below, which I have borrowed from the book
"Onomatopoeia."

The best clue from the definition is the word だらしない but the meanings of that
do not seem to fit (slovenly?, womanizing?, weak?). The key English word,
"spoony" seems to exist only in Japanese dictionaries.

> 態度、身なりなどにしまりがない様子。とくに、男性が女性に対してだらしない態度をとる形容に多く用いる。  
>  Describes a loose attitude or appearance. Often used to describe a man's
> spoony attitude toward a woman.

![でれdれ、spoony?](https://i.stack.imgur.com/F7Qm2.png)




でれでれ is also the root of the でれ in ツンデレ, which is used to refer to someone
(typically a female) who is rather moody—she's swooning over someone one
moment, and knocking him over the horizon the next. Likewise, I've seen
デレデレしないで as a request for someone (again, typically female in my observation)
to stop fawning all over someone.

As to the English word "spoony", that's a running joke resulting from the
English translation of [Final Fantasy
IV](http://finalfantasy.wikia.com/wiki/You_Spoony_Bard!).




でれでれ is also the root of the でれ in ツンデレ, which is used to refer to someone
(typically a female) who is rather moody—she's swooning over someone one
moment, and knocking him over the horizon the next. Likewise, I've seen
デレデレしないで as a request for someone (again, typically female in my observation)
to stop fawning all over someone.

As to the English word "spoony", that's a running joke resulting from the
English translation of [Final Fantasy
IV](http://finalfantasy.wikia.com/wiki/You_Spoony_Bard!).

