gaga
/ˈɡɑːɡɑː
/ /ˈɡaɡə /adjective informal
Slightly mad, typically as a result of old age, infatuation, or excessive enthusiasm.To the hard-eyed realists of New Delhi, this book will only be a minor provocation from an old friend of India who has now gone slightly gaga....
- The U.S. media have gone slightly gaga about what's happening over there in Buckingham Palace.
- Certain challenges might currently be driving you bananas, but don't get overwhelmed, go gaga and give up - or be goaded into accepting the unacceptable for the sake of peace.
Origin
Early 20th century: from French, 'senile, a senile person', reduplication based on gâteux, variant of gâteur, hospital slang in the sense 'bed-wetter'.
Gaga ‘slightly mad’ is from French, ‘senile, a senile person’. It is a based on gâteux, a variant of the hospital slang word gâteur ‘bed-wetter’.
- work-like
- work like a charm
- work like a Trojan (or Trojans)
- workload
- work-loom
- workman
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- workmanly
- workman's club
- workmanship
- workmaster
- workmate
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- work-minded
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- workmistress
- work name
- work of art
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- work one's passage
- work one's way through university (or college, etc.)
- work one's way up
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