spoonie /ˈspuː.ni/ noun2 •(Internet, slang) A person with a chronic illness or disability.And if spoonies use up more energy than they really have, and get excessively exhausted as a result, it's known as getting into "spoon deficit". — 2013 •A northern shoveler (Spatula clypeata, formerly Anas clypeata).Every time a spoonie would alight within 400 yards of "Uncle George" he would proceed to stalk that spoonie with as much care as if it were a ten-point buck. — 1911 formsspoonies
