DERANGE, DERANGED
ADJECTIVES
► AGEE ► AJEE of mental states: agitated, disturbed, slightly deranged → 1859 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► ASIATIC deranged → 1955 US sl.
► BEWIDDIED bewildered; deranged → 1822 Sc.
► CERTIFIABLE so deranged as to be officially certified insane → 1939 colloq.
► CRAZED-HEADED insane; mentally deranged → 1678
► DAFTISH somewhat silly, foolish, or stupid; somewhat slow of intellect, in some degree deranged → 1825 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► FERRICKED quite crazy, deranged → 1939 Amer. dial.
► FLARED somewhat deranged mentally → 1917 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► HAYWIRE mentally deranged, crazy → 1926 Amer. sl.
► HAYWIRED mentally deranged, crazy → 1920 Amer. sl.
► JIGGERED irrational, unstable, crazed, deranged, not sound-minded having a ‘screw loose’ → 1895 Amer. dial.
► JIGGERY irrational, unstable, crazed, deranged, not sound-minded having a ‘screw loose’ → 1895 Amer. dial.
► LOCO crazy, insane, mentally deranged, out of one’s mind; obsessed → 1887 Amer. dial.
► LOCOED crazy, mad, deranged → 1884 Amer. dial.
► MAD AS A BEETLE completely deranged or utterly furious → M19 sl.
► MAD AS A CHINAMAN completely deranged or utterly furious → M19 sl.
► MAD AS A CUT SNAKE completely deranged; utterly furious → 1910s Aust. & US sl.
► MAD AS A DINGBAT completely deranged or utterly furious or mad, very angry → M19 sl.
► MAD AS A GOANNA completely deranged or utterly furious → M19 sl.
► MAD AS A HORNET completely deranged or utterly furious → M19 sl.
► MAD AS A TUCKER completely deranged or utterly furious → M19 sl.
► MAD AS SNAKES completely deranged; utterly furious → 1910s Aust. & US sl.
► MISTEMPERED disordered, deranged → 1526 obs.
► MOONSTRICKEN deranged or mad
► MOONSTRUCK deranged or mad
► NAILED deranged → 1836 US sl.
► OFF deranged in mind, insane → 1866 sl.
► OFF AT THE KNOT deranged in mind, insane → 1790 Sc.
► OFF AT THE NAIL deranged in mind, insane → 1897 Sc.
► OFF AT THE SIDE deranged in mind, insane → 1790 Eng. dial.
► OFF OF THE SIDE deranged in mind, insane → 1895 Eng. dial.
► PECULIAR mentally deranged → 20C colloq.
► RATTY mad, mentally deranged; eccentric; silly → 1895 Aust. colloq.
► RUN-MAD deranged → 1928 Amer. dial.
► SKIVIE harebrained; mentally deranged → 1808 Sc.
► STIR-CRAZY mentally deranged, as if from long imprisonment → 1908 sl., chiefly US
► STIR-NUTS mentally deranged, as if from long imprisonment → 1908 sl., chiefly US
► STIR-SIMPLE mentally deranged, as if from long imprisonment → 1908 sl., chiefly US
► TROPPO mentally unhinged as if from exposure to a tropical climate → 1941 Aust. sl.
► WILD AS A CUT FOX completely deranged; utterly furious → 1910s Aust. & US sl.
NOUNS
► BUG a deranged thought, an insane idea, an eccentric notion → 1915 Amer. dial.
► MAD-LEED deranged talk → 1804 Sc.
NOUNS – PERSON
► DAFTIE an imbecile; one who is slightly deranged mentally; a madman → 1868 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
► FLARED somewhat deranged mentally → 1917 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► JIGGER-HEAD one who is irrational, unstable, crazed, or deranged → 1895 Amer. dial.
► LEERY-LOONIE a lunatic; a mentally-deranged person → 1895 Sc.
► MENTAL an insane, deranged person; a mental patient → 1910s sl.
► NUTTER a violent deranged person; a mad or insane person → 1958 Brit. sl.
► RUN-MAD deranged → 1928 Amer. dial.
► TOM O’ BEDLAM a madman; a deranged person discharged from Bedlam and licensed to beg → 1561 obs.
PHRASES
► A FEW FRIES SHORT OF A HAPPY MEAL intellectually impaired, deranged, eccentric → 2002 sl.
► HIS LIFT DOESN’T GO ALL THE WAY TO THE TOP STOREY he is simple-minded or deranged → 1999 Aust. sl.
► NO MILK IN THE COCO-NUT silly; mentally deranged → c1850 Brit. sl
► NOT THE FULL QUID lacking in intelligence; mentally deranged → 1999 Aust. sl. (Bk.)
► NOT THE FULL TWO-BOB lacking in intelligence; mentally deranged → 1999 Aust. sl. (Bk.)
VERBS
► DOTE to act or talk foolishly, stupidly, or irrationally; to be deranged, or out of one’s wits → 1225 obs.
► GET A RAT to be deranged; to be seized by wild notions → 1890 sl.
► LOCO craze, to derange, to frenzy → 1884 Amer. dial.
► SLIP ONE’S TROLLEY to become mentally unbalanced or deranged → 1984 Aust. colloq. (Bk.)
► SNAP ONE’S TWIG to become mentally unstable. deranged or demented → 1984 Aust. colloq. (Bk.)