An occasional series by anyone who want to chip in, only rules being the word must be outside the normal milieu of everyday international conversation.
I'll kick off with:
Doolally
I'll kick off with:
Doolally
British
informal
1Temporarily deranged or feeble-minded.
‘Uncle's gone doolally again’
1.1 Transported with excitement or pleasure.
‘a return on capital that the City would go doolally over’
Origin
Early 20th century: originally doolally tap, Indian army slang, from Deolali (the name of a town with a military sanatorium and a transit camp) + Urdu tap ‘fever’.
informal
1Temporarily deranged or feeble-minded.
‘Uncle's gone doolally again’
1.1 Transported with excitement or pleasure.
‘a return on capital that the City would go doolally over’
Origin
Early 20th century: originally doolally tap, Indian army slang, from Deolali (the name of a town with a military sanatorium and a transit camp) + Urdu tap ‘fever’.
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