Meaning & use
doolally
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Informal British term meaning crazy, deranged, or irrational.
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He went completely doolally after being cooped up indoors for a week.
The old radiator makes such a racket it could drive you doolally.
A note on using this word
British informal slang, believed to derive from Deolali, a British army transit camp in India; uncommon in American English.
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