ЕТИМОЛОГІЯ СЛОВА DOOLALLY
Originally military slang, from Deolali, a town near Mumbai, the location of a military sanatorium + Hindustani tap fever.
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doolally.
My mother Molly had a nervous breakdown after my father Chic died, aged 50. He was a very generous man who ran a shop in Dundee giving a lot of people tick. When he died, a lot of people hadn't paid their bills, so he died with a lot of debt. After he died, my mother went doolally.
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How to Talk Like a Local: From Cockney to Geordie, a ...
mad, crazy (London and now UK-wide) Doolally, or in full doolally tap, is one of
the linguistic survivors of the old British Raj, and of the Army that backed it up.
The term came from the Deolali military sanatorium in Bombay, to which mentally
ill ...
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The Real McCoy: Understanding Peculiar English
'Doolally' is simply the British soldiers' way of mispronouncing a foreign name,
and 'tap' is the Persian or Urdu for malarial fever (from Sanskrit tapa, heat or
torment). So the whole expression might be loosely translated as 'camp fever'. By
the ...
Peter Chadlington, Mark Gummer,
2005
Well Trix darling at last l've been to these contagious greyhounds. doolally adj (
1925) mad, crazy. British services' slang; first recorded in print in 1925, but noted
then as 'old Army'. It is a shortened form of doolally tap: doolally is soldiers' ...
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An essential medical miscellany
Have you ever wanted to know where the phrase 'going doolally' comes from? Or how Viagra works? Or what the health giving propertiesof whisky are? If so, look no further because An Essential Medical Miscellany contains it all.
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The California Roll: A Novel
Even the dullest dull normal will eventually catch on, so after the Doolally's last
scamper, I show up with another mutt, some additional stray I rescued. I suggest
that the Doolally is a little more peripatetic—at that age I was all about the SAT ...
What happens when the King goes Doolally?
It'll pass, or you'll go doolally for a bit.' 'I don't want to go doolally.' 'Might not be
the worst thing that could happen.' George looked at the damp concrete at his
feet. 'I think I went doolally a while ago. I think all this is doolally. I think
someone's ...
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The Words We Use: Collection 3
Juge. —. Fantasheemy. —. Doolally. I don't usually tackle questions about
placenames, preferring to leave these matters to Flann O Riain to deal with in his
column, but I couldn't resist a plea from Ms Anne James of Mountgarry, Swords,
Co.
Diarmaid Ó Muirithe,
1999
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Welcome to the Real World
'My father has gone completely doolally, but other than that it was all a big hoax –
sorry I skipped out unnecessarily.' I'm not sure that he'll want me back anyway. I'
ve hardly proved myself to be the most efficient personal assistant. I've turned ...
His real moniker is Doolally Dong, a twotone co-respondent bloke who
resembles the American film star Peter Lorre, and the nearest he's got to art is
flogging Suzy Wong postcards outside the Palace. Strictly small steps. I thumb
through the ...
НОВИНИ ІЗ ТЕРМІНОМ «DOOLALLY»
Дізнайтеся, що обговорювала національна та міжнародна преса, і як термін
doolally вживається в контексті наступних новин.
Films to CATCH and Films to AVOID This Weekend.
It is not moving in any way, but it is entertainingly off-beam and doolally with an eccentricity and quirky charm that can only described as very ... «moviepilot.com, Липень 15»
Homosexual Advocate Wants Christian Chaplains Who Oppose …
Nobody is saying the religiously inclined cannot have whatever doolally beliefs they have chosen to have. But they cannot expect to be funded, ... «Christian News Network, Липень 15»
Lord, Give Us Our Daily Pint
Calling them Customer Version 2.0, Tresha Guha from Doolally, India's first microbrewery in Pune, says consumers today want world-class ... «Outlook, Липень 15»
Mumil: The rise of the Middle-Aged Mum in Lycra
But in the last few years, things have really gone - to use the technical term - doolally. It's hard not to argue that yoga has become a form of retail ... «Stuff.co.nz, Липень 15»
Ashley Davies: Scotland's botanical superstar
But as far as I can remember, we've never gone doolally over a plant. Or at least we hadn't until Amorphophallus titanum swaggered on to the ... «Scotsman, Липень 15»
The rise of the Mumil - middle-aged mum in Lycra
But in the last few years, things have really gone – to use the technical term – doolally. It's hard not to argue that yoga has become a form of ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Червень 15»
Raise a Mug of Craft Beer to Doolally, Mumbai's latest BrewPub
Let's all put our hands together and welcome Mumbai's latest brewpub, Doolally. After taking Pune by a storm with its freshly brewed artisanal ... «HungryForever, Червень 15»
Minions mining Aardman seam: Movie reviews
It is not up to Pixar standards, or Aardman's; it is not moving in any way, but it is entertainingly off-beam and doolally with an eccentricity and ... «Express.co.uk, Червень 15»
Foxhillfarm win Limousin Championship and Reserve at 2015 Royal …
Taking the Supreme title was Hugh Dunlop, Holehouse Farm, Ochiltree, Cumnock, Ayrshire with his heifer champion Doolally. May 2014 born ... «Farming Life, Червень 15»
Robert McNeil
A man of reason like the present writer would ditch it because he believes life on this planet to be a joke played by a doolally deity. The sea, in ... «Herald Scotland, Червень 15»