berko
/ˈbəːkəʊ/adjective Australian /NZ informal
Out of control with anger or excitement; berserk: some motorists go berko when stuck behind a pootling cyclist...
- You are asked to give plot synopses for the big six classical ballets, and I went a bit berko here and managed to write 32 pages.
- I had to move to a less demanding role because my lower back had a bad habit of going berko about 10 days into a two-week exercise.
- Go berko with the machete for seven minutes, or until exhausted.
Origin
1960s: an alteration of berserk + -o.
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- Western Approaches
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- western bluebird
- western-born
- western brown snake
- Western Cape
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- Western European Union
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- western gray kangaroo
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