bonkers

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English

Etymology

Unknown. Perhaps from bonk (a blow or punch on the head), perhaps related to earlier bonce.

Pronunciation

Adjective

bonkers (comparative more bonkers, superlative most bonkers)

  1. (informal, especially British) Mad; crazy.
    • 2021, Paul Waldman, Opinion: The Supreme Court won’t stand up for voting rights. But some state courts will, in: The Washington Post, July 6 2021 (emphasis in original)
      nd we should remind ourselves that it is absolutely bonkers that we elect judges at all; that system is used almost nowhere else on earth
    • 2021 December 29, Paul Clifton, “"Crisis" on the West of England line”, in RAIL, number 947, page 35:
      "They are turning people off travelling. And the removal of catering on such a long-distance route is just bonkers."

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Noun

bonkers

  1. plural of bonker
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