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bananas

adjective

Definition of bananas

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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But, spending a bunch of money on decorations for your son's dorm room, if that's happening, is nuts.

— Joe Kinsey OutKick, FOXNews.com, 4 Aug. 2026
Fans went nuts as Aldis pulled Gunther to the middle of the ring.

— Alfred Konuwa, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2026

Definition of nuts

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Frequent zoom-ins shown on screens showed sweat dripping down his face, and his hair resembled something similar to a mad scientist after an experiment blows up in their face.

— Joseph Hernandez August 13, Kansas City Star, 13 Aug. 2026
These statements and actions, some conservatives said at the time in a finger-wagging tone, demonstrated that mass suicide at the feet of a power-mad dictator was the predictable result of radical left-wing politics.

— James Kirchick, The Atlantic, 13 Aug. 2026

Definition of mad

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And their friendship, a folie à deux spiral of insane ideas powered by ungodly quantities of pot, becomes akin to a superpower.

— Angie Han, HollywoodReporter, 12 Aug. 2026
These mega facilities are popping up everywhere which means lots of people are spending insane money instead of pulling out the hose and bucket.

— Joe Kinsey OutKick, FOXNews.com, 12 Aug. 2026

Definition of insane

Adjective

However, these missiles, extensively used against Iranian ballistic threats, won't arrive until 2029, with the contract completing in 2032.

— Frank Holmes, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026
It is controlled using a four-axis joystick and includes automatic landing, motor redundancy and a ballistic parachute.

— Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 9 Aug. 2026

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