Meaning of doolally | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Eccentric; insane, mad.
   Ireland, UK, slang
2. Carried away by enjoyment, excitement, etc.
   Ireland, UK, broadly, slang

Examples

“"Will you write⟳ me an Essay on Corsets?" / "On what?" I asked incredulously—knowing that he had been a distinguished soldier, and suspecting that he had suddenly developed what the soldiers describe⟳ as "a touch⟳ of the doolally."”

“"When you've got any God's amount of brains," said Frobisher, "you can pretend⟳ to be doolally;[…]"”

“Doolally tap. It's the strain⟳ see⟳ – and it gets the doolally lads first.”

“They were all doolally of course, except Philomela.”

“[H]e took three sleeping-pills in the night, so he says, and he's all doped and doolally now. I need⟳ your help⟳ to move⟳ him.”

“"Now you're being silly. Promise⟳ you'll put⟳ me in a home when I get⟳ really doolally." / "If you're really doolally you won't know⟳ if I have⟳ or not." / "So promise⟳."”

“The cat scrap at the bridal bash only made him more doolally.”

“But then, doolally as this enterprise clearly is, I've had the most pleasant day I can remember⟳ having in a long time.”

“Likewise, the menopause market is obsessed with muscle wastage, and the possibility that if women don't eat⟳ enough protein after the age of 40 their minds will go doolally and their bones will turn⟳ to dust.”

“You are there to entertain. Education is something we like⟳ doing. That's not actually the biggest thing on the night, when people are queuing to get⟳ in and paying their money. They want⟳ to go doolally to their favourite records.”

“'I've never had a pet before,' Darkus gazed happily at Baxter [a beetle]. 'Thank⟳ you.' / 'That's all right, lad.' Uncle Max threw his hands up in defeat⟳. 'I can hardly say⟳ no, when I know⟳ Barty would say⟳ yes.' / Darkus looked up, surprised. 'He would?' / 'Of course! A handsome hexapod like⟳ this? He'd be doolally about it!'”

“Australia went doolally for the visit⟳: the Queen [Elizabeth II] waved away flies in 57 towns over 58 days; inspected an endless row of sheeps' arses in Wagga; ate Australia-shaped sandwiches with Vegemite borders at a reception in Rockhampton; and said hello to a bedridden woman in Hobart who was trundled four miles for the meeting.”

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