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barmy

adjective as in silly

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In practice, it was, well, a bit barmy.

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There has been great analysis and the usual knockabout stuff that is essential to Calcutta Cup week, but the hot takes in the build-up have bordered on the barmy.

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Talk of tacking to the right is "barmy", said one MP.

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Opponents include former prime ministers Boris Johnson, who has called the plans "barmy", and Liz Truss, who is expected to warn against "banning things" in the Commons debate.

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The judges were accused of being either "biased" or "barmy" in one tabloid.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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