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bughouse

bughouse

9.7
Behaving in a very silly and wild way
  • adjective
  • /ˈbʌɡˌhaʊs/
  • Slur
translation icon : tarado
  • You're bughouse, Maily.

Examples

  • IT'S A WONDER MORE PEOPLE IN THIS COUNTRY AREN'T BUGHOUSE CRAZY.

    Amigo (2011)

  • After staying awake for two days straight, I felt completely bughouse and could barely focus.

  • His ideas were so strange that everyone just nodded along, thinking he was a little bughouse.

  • Trying to solve the puzzle while everyone was talking at once made her feel bughouse.

Synonyms

meshugge
vsbughouse
  • Slang
1 9.9

Being very foolish or behaving in a crazy way

is more emotional and can mean wildly foolish or extreme
buggy
vsbughouse
  • Offensive
1 8.1

Acting strange or not thinking clearly

is stronger, meaning actively wild or very foolish rather than slight
meshugana
vsbughouse
  • Offensive
9.9

Very silly or clearly crazy

is used for general crazy behavior rather than only extreme foolishness
meshugga
vsbughouse
  • Slang
9.9

Acting very silly and not thinking clearly

is broader, covering general craziness not only senseless acts
meshuggeneh
vsbughouse
  • Offensive
9.9

Behaving in a way that seems crazy or foolish

is stronger, covering wild foolishness as well as senselessness
meshuggah
vsbughouse
  • Slang
9.9

Feeling very silly or crazy in a funny way

is similar but is more neutral and less affectionate in tone
crankish
vsbughouse
8.9

Acting in a strange, unusual way that others find odd

is more extreme, indicating wild or irrational actions beyond oddness

Antonyms

sensible
201 2.7

Showing good judgment and making practical choices

How Crazy

insane
  • Slur
524 4.0
bughouse
  • Slur
9.7
eccentric
1 7.0
odd
798 1.0

Surface Forms

bughouse positive

Morphology

bughouse = bug + house (opaque) = bug + house

The word is a real compound of bug + house, but the slang sense 'crazy' is not directly recoverable from the literal meanings of the two parts.

Etymology

Bughouse comes from putting bug (a slang word for 'crazy' or 'wild') and house ('place') together. So when something is called bughouse as an adjective, it paints the idea as wildly foolish or out of control, like it belongs in a 'place' of craziness.