Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- adj. Slang Crazy: "That's the horrible thing when you're bananas—nobody can know the awful things that are going on in your head” ( Otto Friedrich). "City dwellers . . . are subjected to so much noise it drives them bananas” ( New Yorker).
Wiktionary
Etymologies
- From banana, worthless or crazy person, from banana.
Examples
“The idea of a kid catching his mom fellating (sp?) some young dude she picked up, and then as her only “punishment” restricting her to eat bananas is just a bit weird to me … her casual self centered attitude about most everything was offensive to me.”
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“And P.S., another way to save your bananas from the dumps is to freeze them.”
“Based on a true story - the driver had picked up his load of bananas from the docks in New Jersey, came down the hill into Scranton at 90mph and made a real mess of things.”
“Each ingredient, except, of course, for the bananas, is a pantry staple.”
The Huffington Post: Jamie Schler: When Simple Banana Bread Becomes Exotic (a recipe)
“Aside from banana bread, one of my favorite things to do with bananas is to make honey-sweetened Crunchy Banana Pops.”
“But if I were acting like I really wanted to act, I would be hanging off of him like bananas from a banana tree (which is the only metaphor my brain can come up with at the moment).”
“Peeling bananas from the other end is easier - Boing Boing”
“Sure I know that loads of baked goods are technically quick breads, but for some reason when I read that this month's Bread Baking Day theme was quick bread all I could think of was pumpkin bread, zucchini bread and banana bread -- the first 2 of which are not really seasonal right now (for me anyway) and, well, let's just say my aversion to bananas is legendary.”
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“Stir in bananas, 2 teaspoons vanilla, pineapple, and pecans walnuts.”
“He said the expression 'going bananas' is from the effects of bananas on the brain.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘bananas’.
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®emovies
Movies or TV shows where the titles are also common words, generally one-word titles.
lost, alien, bug, elephant, siege, gladiator, flock, captivity, piano, roots, freaks, moonstruck and 269 more...
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Words that are also movies
Unabashedly stolen from a comment made by courier12.
vertigo, serendipity, casablanca, psycho, jaws, fantasia, stagecoach, network, rocky, giant, platoon, unforgiven and 285 more...
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Things people might attempt to juggle
balls, chainsaws, cats, responsibilities, clubs, beanbags, fire torches, knives, oranges, cigar boxes, scarves, pineapples and 107 more...
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This List is Bananas
Here you will find cultivars, of course, but also diseases, dishes, and uses.
Cavendish, banana, bananas, non-Cavendish, Big Mike, Gros Michel, banana boat, yes, we have no b..., yes we have no ba..., let's make like a..., banana bread, banana republic and 130 more...
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Top 500 Shower Curtains
Favorite designs for shower curtains. Inspired by the list Top 500 SAT Words Shower Curtain by jwjarvis.
goldfish, tan stripes, blue stripes, bubbles, map of the world, postcard holder, bacon, mariachis, sushi, palm fronds, periodic table of..., blue circles and 280 more...
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Things that were hidden by the snow
Now that the rain has come to wash away the snow, all sorts of objects are emerging.
broken china, scarf, feathers, baked potatoes, batteries, mitten, a different mitten, job application, dinosaur toy, broken hanger, empty cigarette pack, broken beer bottle and 44 more...
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Things that might be radioactive
old green ceramic..., kitty litter, medical equipment, radium girls, orange fiestaware, brazil nuts, smoke detector, suppositories, doramad radioacti..., porcelain dentures, low-sodium salt s..., cloisonné jewelry and 23 more...
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Words that start with B
butterfly, brain, broom, break, brick, brilliant, bubbles, balloons, bananas, bow, book, bunny and 37 more...
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Trash Talk
Words that indicate meaningless, confusing or deceptive talk.
white noise, blarney, pidgin, jabber, bullshit, yadda yadda yadda, mishmash, farrago, gobbledygook, yammer, drivel, jargon and 18 more...
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•Open List: What Are You Buying at the Grocery ...
Me? Tomatoes.
tomatoes, hing, black walnuts, kim chi ingredients, bananas, shampoo, tomato and herb p..., notebooks, cheese and nothin...
ruzuzu Bananas are slightly radioactive (thanks, frogapplause). Jun 20, 2010
john One of Woody Allen's earlier movies. Sylvester Stallone has a small role in it. Oct 17, 2009