barmy

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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

"Sadly for Arsenal I think they'll find it tough against Roy Hodgson's barmy army," McKenna said.

From BBC • Jan. 18, 2024

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