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barmy

[bahr-mee] / ˈbɑr mi /


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"I know that can sound absolutely barmy to someone just hearing the story, but remember, this isn't overnight. Imagine being with someone for 12 years and them just convincing you of something."

From BBC Jun. 16, 2026

Predicting the weather over the next 72 hours, Krick favors what might generously be termed a historically informed approach and what might ungenerously be dubbed barmy pseudoscience.

From The Wall Street Journal May 28, 2026

That may sound barmy, what with all the ships being deployed in and around the Arabian Sea for weeks already, and reports that the military is running out of munitions.

From Salon May 12, 2026

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

From Salon Aug. 19, 2025

Dobby whispered, “He said we is free to call him a — a barmy old codger if we likes, sir!”

From "Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire" by J. K. Rowling

Ah yes, the festival of festivals was back after two years of Covid cancellations, bigger and barmier than ever before,

From BBC Jun. 27, 2022

It revels in building opportunities for daft exchanges, the barmier the better:

From New York Times Jan. 19, 2021

Only the barmiest of armies could have resisted the urge to stick with the original.

From BBC Dec. 29, 2013

This barmiest of armies seems not to have noticed, but appetite for Wednesday's fixture within the game is somewhere between microscopic and nonexistent.

From The Guardian Aug. 7, 2010

Grease, in its barmiest days near projuced a more hefty cavileer.

From Half-Hours with Great Story-Tellers by Various

Grease, in its barmiest days, near projuced a more hefty cavileer.

From The Complete Works of Artemus Ward — Part 3: Stories and Romances by Ward, Artemus




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