bonkers

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  1. adjective Informal Crazy: "When word spread that free gas was to be found, the populace, as expected, went bonkers” (Washington Post).

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  • She wasn't bonkers, as you say, but she wasn't well, either. —  Magyar Venus
  • When Denny had had plenty of time to drive himself bonkers, the light finally began to fade, and then it was twilight, and then full dark. —  F ;SF - vol 105 issue 04-05 - October-November 2003
  • Tonight's episode is rather bonkers, as Ian loses his memory and decides he wants to forget all things Chatsworth. —  lowculture.co.uk
  • But consider this: what if Colorado's congressional delegation really is bonkers, and the Economist correspondent was merely doing his job by informing his readers of that —  The Bayesian Heresy is MTEF
  • They've all gone bonkers, apart from "Curian", a poster at Newcastle Mad.
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