headcase

headcase

An insane person; someone who is mentally unstable or unbalanced. I've felt like a total headcase ever since my father died. Mary's new boyfriend seemed nice at first, but the more I get to know him, the more I think he's a complete headcase!
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
See also:
  • drive (one) mad
  • drive (someone) mad
  • be losing it
  • drive (one) insane
  • drive somebody insane
  • insane
  • crazy
  • come unhinged
  • have straws in (one's) hair
  • go mad
References in periodicals archive
I hope he's a headcase and we're all proved wrong when he's locked up in six months and we're all saying, 'Jesus, I never saw that coming'.
ROY'S SURE O'SHEA IS MAD REALLY
Much the same could be said about Ida, another kind of parasite and the main character of Lidia Yuknavitch's newest novel, Dora: A Headcase.
Dora: A Headcase
Red rag to a bull: Skipper Weir fumes at Pittodrie before turning his rage on Lafferty Headcase: Kyle cons the ref to get Mulgrew sent off
Skipper's rant was like being battered with a baseball bat; Says KYLE LAFFERTY
The plays are Headcase by Ron Hutchinson (June 30-Belgrade Theatre) Forward by Robert Warrington (July 1-Birmingham Rep), Mid Winter by Zennie Haris (July 2RSC) Tall Phoenix by Chris O'Connell (July 3-RSC), The Morris by Helen Blakeman (July 4Hampstead Theatre) and Red on Black by Andrew Bridgemont (July 5Birmingham Rep).
No mystery surrounds this revival
Mitch Cahn, the 29-year old president of Headcase, a New Jersey-based manufacturer of hemp clothing and headwear, says, "We've got a very libertarian generation.
Just doing it: Generation X proves that actions speak louder than words
Different Perspective is Heather's side of the room and Headcase is Liz's.
Curious collage at double exhibition; Collage is an art form at the cutting edge. DAVID WHETSTONE meets two artists who joined forces to put on an exhibition
"Dora, a Headcase", a novel by Lidia Yuknavitch, an instructor at Mt.
"Dora, a Headcase", a novel by Lidia Yuknavitch, an instructor at Mt. Hood Community College, has been optioned by Katherine Brooks of Big Easy Pictures
A friend at Aldermans Green hairdressers, Headcase, did the cut for free and Diane has already passed her fund raising target of PS200.
Locks away as Diane takes a cut for charity
CRAZY HORSE 'If you had a yard full of horses like him you would soon be on the funny farm - he's a headcase' Trainer Charlie Mann after Moon Over Miami landed the feature at Ffos Las for the second year running
GOING CRAZY Despite a sunny, [...]
HEADCASE: Lafferty squares up to McBride last weekend
NO LAFFING MATTER
Joining them will be two of Wales' most talked about groups - Weapons Of Mass Belief, fronted by brother and sister JG and Georgia G from Penarth, and South Wales' original hip hop honchos The Headcase Ladz.
TICKETS TO RADIO 1 SHOWS
Under William Hague, the Tories were setting a 'headcase agenda' of shallow populist stances which would prove quite inadequate as a programme for Government he told party told activists.
Cap tax and curb company profits; You need hands: Liberal Democrat leader Kennedy conducts party faithful in a new conference tune
Family and friends turned out in force at Headcase Barbers, in Westhill Road, Coundon, to watch Kim lose her hair.
Mum's close shave for charity
But that was then, and the combination of plenty of water under the bridge, and a really high calibre of headcase guest, is enough to get me watching again.
WHAT TO ASK FIRST? YOUR TV
Headcase: Jose Reina is gutted after Riise's own goal
OG! SEMIS WERE BIG LET DOWNS