crackers

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Definition
  1. Adjective:
    • Informal or slang term for mentally irregular, crazy, or insane: Used to describe someone or something as wildly irrational, foolish, or mad.
Usage
  • This word is an informal, often humorous, slang adjective. It is typically used as a predicate adjective (e.g., "You are crackers") or attributively before a noun (e.g., "a crackers idea").
  • It conveys a sense of being nonsensical or wildly eccentric, not necessarily referring to clinical mental illness.
Examples
Advanced Usage
  • "to go crackers": to become crazy or very agitated.
    • The constant noise from the construction site is making me go crackers.
Variants and Related Words
  • Cracker (noun): This is a distinct word, typically referring to a thin, crisp baked good, a firework, or a person from the southeastern US. It is not a variant of the adjective "crackers."
  • Cracked (adjective, informal): Can have a similar meaning to "crackers" (e.g., "He's cracked").
Synonyms
  • Balmy (informal): Mildly crazy or foolish.
  • Bonkers (informal): Crazy.
  • Nuts (informal): Crazy.
  • Mad (informal): Insane or very foolish.
  • Lunatic (informal): Wildly foolish.
Related Idioms
  • "to be (as) nutty as a fruitcake": to be very eccentric or crazy.
    • His theory about time travel is as nutty as a fruitcake.
  • "to be off one's rocker": to be crazy or irrational.
    • You must be off your rocker to think that will work.
Adjective
  1. informal or slang terms for mentally irregular
    • it used to drive my husband balmy

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