English Explanatory Dictionary

three stops short of Dagenham

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Crazy; mad.

Pronunciation

/ˌθɹiː stɒps ˈʃɔːt əv ˈdæɡən(ə)m/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-three stops short of Dagenham.wav /ˌθɹi stɑps ˈʃɔɹt əv ˈdæɡənəm/

Word forms

three stops short of Dagenham

Etymology

The term refers to the location of Barking station on the District line of the London Underground, which is three stops west of Dagenham Heathway tube station, in allusion to the phrase barking mad.

Synonyms

barking barking mad 5150 bananas buggish buggy bughouse barmy batchy batpoop bats batty bonkers bread baskets cracked crackers cra-cra cray cray-cray crazed crazy crazy as a bedbug crazy as a cootie crazy as a cootie bug crazy as a pet coon cuckoo daffy daft demented deranged distraught disturbed doolally dotty eccentric fruit loops gaga hatstand harebrained insane kooky loon loco loony loony tunes loopy lunatic mad mental mentally ill meshigener meshugge moonsick nerts non compos mentis nonsane nucking futs nut job nutballs nut

Antonyms

sane balanced compos mentis in one's right mind in possession of one's faculties lucid rational reasonable sound-minded

Related words

get off at Haymarket
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