barmy

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  1. adjective Full of barm; foamy.
  2. adjective Eccentric; daft.

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  • 'You must have been barmy, lad if you thought you could get away with it.' —  Dangerous Lady
  • He sounds barmy to me; they're all barmy, and that barmaid bint's the worst of them. —  The Gates of Noon
  • Whether she's barmy or hot, I don't know, but she sticks to her story -- about what her friend saw and all the rest of it. —  4.50 From Paddington
  • "You're barmy," I said, but with a sideways leer that told him that I wanted to hear more. —  For Kicks
  • "You're absolutely barmy," he suggested. —  The Restaurant at the End of the Universe
 

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/ˈbɑrmi/
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