bananas

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  1. adjective 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).

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  • Substituting jalapenos for the bananas is also quite tasty. —  Latest Articles
  • Agriculture: Products -- bananas, sugarcane, coffee, sisal, corn, cotton, manioc, tobacco, vegetables, plantains; livestock; forest products; fisheries products.
  • Though I haven't heard the term in Singapore, in Hong Kong, westernized Chinese were often described by less westernized Chinese as "bananas" - yellow on the outside, white on the inside. —  Precious Metal: the blog
  • Agriculture (10\% of GDP in 2005): Products -- bananas, citrus, coconuts, cocoa, herbal oils and extracts.
  • Agriculture (8. 7\% of GDP): Products -- bananas, pineapples, coffee, beef, sugar, rice, dairy products, vegetables, fruits and ornamental plants.
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  1. From banana, worthless or crazy person, from banana.
 

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