Barmy : 약간 제정신이 아닌, 이상한, 미친
Barmy Army : 축구 구호
1)
an informal adjective
this is very british English
it means crazy, particulary talking about an idea or a course of action
I think what the government are doing at the moment is absolutely barmy
barmy idea
go barmy
go crackers
crackers, insane, mad, round the bend, batty, crazy , nuts, loopy, crackpot, round the twist
off one's rocker
he is barmy, he is off his rocker
odd, strange, dotty, foolish, bizzare, eccentric
the government police is absolutely bizarre, it's totally barmy
this is a slang british phrase
he mand a barmy decision
a barmy idea, it's bonkers, it's certifiable, it's crackers
it's crazy, it's demented, it's deranged, it's gaga, it's insane, it's loco, it's mad
it's mental, it's non composs mentis
it's absolutely nuts
it's a bit unhinged
barmy, dotty, crazy, strange, odd, not logical
2)
you also have the phrase, the barmy army
this nowadays is used as a football chant to say we are the barmy army, we are the team's most loyal supporters
the barmy army in itself came from a group of british cricket fans
3)
we have another meaning of barmy
it means a fermented yeast
something that's frothy with yeast fermenting in it
bakers make their bread and they'd have little bits cut off and things like that and they'd throw it all into a container and that would ferment and produce a yeasty liquid which they would then use in their bread that this is also barm
containing a froth of fermented yeast
4)
a place called barming in kent where they had a psychiatric hospital called the barming asylum started in 1833
5)
notice, don't confuse it with balmy with an l
the prounciation is exactly the same
balmy weather talks about weather that's warm and pleasant
balmy sunny summer evening
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