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barmy

[ UK /bˈɑːmi/ ]
ADJECTIVE
  1. informal or slang terms for mentally irregular
    it used to drive my husband balmy
  2. marked by spirited enjoyment

How To Use barmy In A Sentence

  • They'd think Daddy quite barmy, and they'd be right.
  • Meanwhile, all over the country, councils are dreaming up new and increasingly barmy ideas to squeeze a few more lumps of money from motorists. Times, Sunday Times
  • It's also fun to find out, via these collected letters, the types of books and movies Farrell was consuming while writing and editing Troubles: Cold Comfort Farm, Thomas Hardy ( "barmy"), The Garden of Finzi-Continis, Easy Rider. Awards and honors
  • Hardly a week goes by without another barmy example of political correctness being imposed by our town halls.
  • What's more, the speed limits in this country are barmy.
  • A colleague called it "bureaucracy gone barmy."
  • Can drive you a bit barmy, this acting lark. Times, Sunday Times
  • Whatever else he may be, Leishman is certainly an extrovert, and the barmy bard would turn up on Saint and Greavsie delivering slices of his home-cooked poetry.
  • But the president-for-life is as sinister as he is barmy.
  • A new report reveals we are forking out fortunes to bankroll bureaucrats with barmy "non-job" titles.
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