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doolally; doolali; doolally tap; doodle-ally; doodally; tapped
adjective- mad UK, 1925
From the obsolete noun “doolally tap” (a form of madness). Deolali (a military sanitorium in Bombay) corrupted and abbreviated as “doo-lally” plus Hindustani tap (fever). - TIM: Darcy you’re tapped, mate. DARCY: If anyone around here is tapped then it’s you lot [...] People may think I’m a bit doolally but they know I’m harmless. — Paul Fraser and Shane Meadows TwentyFourSeven, p. 23, 1997
- She’s gone doolally. — Diran Abedayo, My Once Upon A Time, p. 96, 2000
- Ianto wrecked a house in a morning. When he went doofuckinlally. — Niall Griffiths, Sheepshagger, p. 55, 2001
- From 1997, public finances went doolally. The main result was graft — The Economist, 21 February 2002
- extremely drunk UK, 1943
Extends sense 1 (mad). - in a state of sensory confusion UK
A compound of all senses: “mad”, “drunk” and “broken”. - [H]is ma will never be my ma. Fucking doolally she is now, anyway. — Kevin Sampson, Outlaws, p. 33, 2001
- Ben, 24, says: “Flamers make your head go a bit doolally–it feels like it won’t fit through doors!” — Sky Magazine, p. 89, May 2001
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