as in nuts
informal
lacking sanity; a state or condition of mental unsoundness
If you ask me, that guy is bananas. All the noise drove me bananas.
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Adjective
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There’s a quick-disconnect sway bar underneath for better articulation, but Jeep didn’t go nuts with the hardware.—
Caleb Jacobs,
The Drive,
26 Mar. 2026 -
Illinois’ bench went absolutely nuts.—
Ryan Brennan
March 25,
Miami Herald,
25 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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Some celebrities have gotten mad at him about the interactions, and some of them laugh about it with him.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
29 Mar. 2026
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Us senior surfers need to stick together to hold off the hordes of nasty agro kidbots that are violently intent on world domination and the spread of nuclear surf rabies and mad Red Bull disease.—
Corky Carroll,
Oc Register,
28 Mar. 2026
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If he was convicted, a jury would then have to decide whether Abril was insane when the park shooting occurred.—
Rosalio Ahumada,
Sacbee.com,
26 Mar. 2026
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And the culture is happily playing along in the name of this insane thirst of Stan culture to have something on the other side.—
Jem Aswad,
Variety,
24 Mar. 2026
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Starting overnight from Monday to Tuesday, Kremlin forces attacked Ukraine in three massive waves, the Ukrainian air force said, initially launching nearly 400 drones and more than 30 ballistic and cruise missiles.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
26 Mar. 2026
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Iran’s strategy of encirclement of Israel had collapsed, and its ballistic-missile counterpunch was largely deflected by Israeli and Western defenses.—
Eliot A. Cohen,
The Atlantic,
23 Mar. 2026
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“Bananas.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bananas. Accessed 1 Apr. 2026.
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