Definitions
Etymologies
- From firecrackers in the head. Originally "He's got the crackers" then "He's gone crackers". Started as UK naval usage in the 1920's. (Wiktionary)
- Probably from cracker, breakdown. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“Then there are the beloved tricks of the foley trade: Celery stalks are often broken to re-create the sound of breaking bones, or a watermelon covered in crackers is whacked with a stick to simulate the sound of someone's brains being bashed in.”
The Washington Post: Movies: Ann Hornaday on use of sound effects in 'Secretariat' and other films
“But even dubious historically-named meat pastries were better than Jim's idea for a Mexican take-away called Caracka's - imagine Frank Carson pronouncing the word 'crackers' and you're not far off.”
“Instead of buying small packages of almonds, whole-grain crackers and carrots, buy larger bags and portion them yourself to save money, she says.”
“Buy your favorite whole-grain crackers, and make sure that the first ingredient is whole-wheat flour or another whole grain, such as rye.”
The Huffington Post: 5 Healthy Snacks For People With (Or Without) Diabetes
“We also did the cold pizza thing, we made our version of lunchables with healthier options like whole grain crackers and reduced sodium lunchmeat, etc.”
“Best way to serve bland crackers is with those tiny french pickles (cornichons) and a pate made from the freshly obtained livers of white peepul my enemies.”
“• One chopped hard-cooked egg and four medium whole-grain crackers”
“• One-fourth cup low-fat cottage cheese and four whole-grain crackers”
“The difference between a baby happening upon a box of crackers and a ferret happening upon a box of crackers is simply time and scale.”
“Every one knows that the goodies in crackers are not of a very superior quality.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘crackers’.
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one word exclamations
keep it rated G please, thanks!
( open list, randomness )zoiks, sheesh, gosh, shucks, jeez, woot, heck, thunderation, oops, gadzooks, what, hey and 90 more...
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Bonkers
List for old and new terms and phrases meaning crazy, nuts, batty, prone to extreme nervousness, etc.
bonkers, crazy, nuts, batty, batchy, bats in the belfry, scatty, crackers, windy, gone crackers, cracked, dingo and 92 more...
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Bonkers
crackers, barmy, half-baked, mental, unhinged, barking, cuckoo, cracked, nuts, mad, insane, touched and 24 more...
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Words grabbed from real life conversa...
If I've seen it, heard it, or marvelled at it, I'll stick it here.
cruft, ermine, redundant, shakespearean, camino, marvelous, stupendous, chagrin, shaven, sleek, smug, stillness and 325 more...
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Reading Reading
Words from the works of Peter Reading - at least one from each (except the Schwitters-esque erosions, cut-ups etc).
overbright, pimpled, muskiness, effuse, stoup, maul, unlevel, viscid, perfidious, glibly, aloes, drouth and 449 more...
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That's right, another list
muck-a-muck, ipse dixit, solipsism, anticlinal, analogical, amoral, alogical, synclinal, disinclined, iconological, studly, flitch and 179 more...
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food
food, chef, spice, salt, sugar, pumpkin, apples, fruit, vegetable, savory, soup, sauce and 280 more...
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Mad as a March hare
Words to describe the mad, the insane, the... well, me.
unhinged, unglued, mental, fruitcake, lunatic, nutter, potty, dippy, kooky, batty, daft, cuckoo and 20 more...
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loonie
Inspired by Peter Reading's "Euphemisms".
crackers, potty, loony, bonkers, nutty, screwy, ga-ga, dull, strange, do-lally, dopey, silly and 83 more...
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OM3 Lesson 36
exit, feel like, Baskin Robbins, banana split, share, coupon, good for, deal, scoop, pistachio, cup, cone and 14 more...
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My Pantry
Inspired by Groceries, the list.
soup, 5lb bag of sugar, syrup, horseradish, ketchup, lemonade mix, iced tea mix, chocolate milk mix, bag-o-mixed nuts ..., 3 jars of mustards, plum sauce, water chestnuts and 57 more...
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HGard's Words
elucidate, episiotomy, aggro, slurpee, sack of potatoes, prolific, itsy bitsy, armageddon, really, certainly, surely, maybe and 28 more...
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Groceries
I list everything else. Why the hell not?
artichoke hearts, ceci beans, ramen, zucchini, green beans, broccoli, carrots, onions, canned tomatoes (..., tomato paste, dark red kidney b..., black beans and 78 more...
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mcbaine's Words
surficant, vicissitude, erinaceous, battousai, himura, wang, pedagogical, pedantic, immure, tertiary, tetrahedron, widget and 104 more...
Tweets
Looking for tweets for crackers.
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democratic lounge:
Schultz lectures logic,
Fats is a binman.
Fats gulps mild. Schultz pays.
Schultz sips dry Vermouth.
They are both crackers...
- Peter Reading, 5x5x5x5x5, 1983 Jul 1, 2008