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Bonkers

//ˈbɒŋkəz// adj, noun, slang

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Mad; crazy. British, especially, informal

    "[A]nd we should remind ourselves that it is absolutely bonkers that we elect judges at all; that system is used almost nowhere else on earth[.]"

Adjective
  1. 1
    informal or slang terms for mentally irregular wordnet
Noun
  1. 1
    plural of bonker form-of, plural

Etymology

Etymology 1

Unknown. Perhaps from bonk (a blow or punch on the head), perhaps related to earlier bonce.

Etymology 2

Unknown. Perhaps from bonk (a blow or punch on the head), perhaps related to earlier bonce.

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