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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How to Eat For the healthiest option, choose plain nuts sans added salt or sugar, says Cleveland.—
Kirsten Nunez,
Martha Stewart,
5 June 2026 -
Expect something absolutely nuts to happen in the next five and a half weeks.—
Tim Spiers,
New York Times,
3 June 2026
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The next morning, my feet began to itch like mad.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
8 June 2026
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None of that would've been possible without the vision that Clay Travis laid out to me early in 2020 as the world was about to go mad.—
Joe Kinsey OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
6 June 2026
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After eighteen months of crisis that saw historic urban fires, harassment by federal immigration authorities, and the generalized anxiety that attends a place where rents are high and services low, public transit inadequate and gas prices insane, the city’s vitality is flagging.—
Dana Goodyear,
New Yorker,
4 June 2026
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Lots of wires, lots of insane stunts.—
Entertainment Weekly,
Entertainment Weekly,
3 June 2026
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The Secret Service officer was struck once in the chest but was wearing a ballistic vest.—
Ted Johnson,
Deadline,
2 June 2026
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The second deputy was hit in his ballistic vest, later received medical evaluation and was in stable condition after the shooting.—
Natalie Neysa Alund,
USA Today,
1 June 2026
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“Bananas.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bananas. Accessed 8 Jun. 2026.
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