gaga

/'gægɑ:/
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gaga

The toddler goes gaga over the colorful new toy.

Definition
  1. Adjective:
    • Extremely enthusiastic or infatuated with someone or something; having an intense, often foolish, preoccupation. This meaning describes a state of being wildly excited or obsessed.
    • Mentally confused, senile, or feeble, especially due to old age. This meaning describes a state of diminished mental capacity, often associated with aging.
Usage and Examples

  • Adjective (Enthusiastic/Infatuated):

    • The fans went gaga when the band took the stage. (The fans became wildly excited when the band took the stage.)
    • She's gaga over that new designer; she buys everything he creates. (She is obsessively infatuated with that new designer.)

  • Adjective (Senile/Confused):

    • In his later years, he became a bit gaga and often forgot names. (In his later years, he became somewhat senile.)
    • The stereotype of the gaga old man in the nursing home is often unfair. (The stereotype of the senile old man is often unfair.)
Advanced Usage
  • "to go gaga": to become senile or mentally feeble.
    • There's a fear that one might go gaga in old age.
  • "to be gaga over/for/about": to be extremely enthusiastic or infatuated with.
    • The media was gaga for the latest celebrity scandal.
Variants and Related Words
  • Doddering (adj): shaking or moving unsteadily due to old age; feeble. Often overlaps with the 'senile' sense of gaga.
    • The doddering old man needed help crossing the street.
  • Dotty (adj, informal): slightly crazy or eccentric; can also mean infatuated. A close synonym.
    • He's dotty about birdwatching.
Synonyms
  • Infatuated: possessed by an intense but often short-lived passion or admiration.
  • Senile: showing the weaknesses or diseases of old age, especially a loss of mental faculties.
  • Dotty: (informal) silly, eccentric, or slightly crazy.
Related Phrases and Idioms
  • Gaga over: This is the standard construction to show intense enthusiasm.
    • The town was gaga over the visiting royalty.
  • To drive someone gaga: (informal) to annoy or frustrate someone intensely.
    • The constant noise is driving me gaga.
gaga

The toddler goes gaga over the colorful new toy.

Adjective
  1. intensely enthusiastic about or preoccupied with
    • crazy about cars and racing
    • he is potty about her
  2. mentally or physically infirm with age
    • his mother was doddering and frail

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