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Examples of barmy
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Why should it not be allowed to correct ECtHR decisions that are patently barmy?
From the guardian.co.uk
Although this sounds like a nice idea, it is, unfortunately, operationally barmy.
From the thisisbristol.co.uk
If this is what Brighton council thinks is in their interests they are barmy.
From the theargus.co.uk
It will be barmy on Sunday night here in the Pocket Pool Lounge which Deane manages.
From the telegraph.co.uk
Which barmy sod fixed these Internationals so close to the Prem kick-off ?
From the expressandstar.com
One wonders which of Nadine's more barmy blog posts will now be exposed as codswallop.
From the independent.co.uk
Will Bates ever be free of his barmy ex, even though she is, in fact, dead?
From the guardian.co.uk
French frightens a lot of people, but all languages are thoroughly barmy in that way.
From the blogs.psychcentral.com
The frontpage is barmy now and you need sunglasses to read the sports news.
From the guardian.co.uk
- Zestful: marked by spirited enjoyment
- Balmy: informal or slang terms for mentally irregular; "it used to drive my husband balmy"
- Barmy (also, Barumy-Perdli, Pardaly, and Varumy) is a village in the Agsu Rayon of Azerbaijan.
- Containing barm, i.e. froth from fermented yeast
- Insane. As in, "The winds of Pandemonium'll drive a body barmy if he stays too long." Barmies are insane folks, especially those in Sigil, who've been "touched" by the impossible bigness of the planes.
- Mad or crazy about something. "I'm barmy about prawns with Crosse and Blackwell Shrimp Sauce."
- Adj. Strange or very silly. Dumbledore tells the house elves they are free to call him a "barmy old codger." (GOF)
- Full of barm (the froth formed on fermenting liquor), i.e. crazy.
- [Brit. Slang] crazy.
