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1Barmy Aunt Boomerang — Starring Toyah Wilcox Country of origin  United Kingdom Language(s) Engli …
2Barmy — Barm y (b[aum]rm [y^]), a. Full of barm or froth; in a ferment. Barmy beer. Dryden. [1913 Webster] …
3Barmy Army — (englisch umgangssprachlich für: bekloppte Armee) bezeichnet: eine Organisation englischer Cricket Fans einen Fanclub des deutschen Fußballvereins Hansa Rostock ein Projekt des englischen Dub Musikproduzenten Adrian Sherwood, das 1989 die LP The… …
4barmy — 1530s, frothing, covered with barm; see BARM (Cf. barm) + Y (Cf. y) (2). Figurative sense of excited, flighty, bubbling with excitement is from c.1600. Meaning foolish (1892) is probably an alteration of BALMY (Cf. balmy) …
5barmy — ► ADJECTIVE (barmier, barmiest) informal, chiefly Brit. ▪ extremely foolish; mad. DERIVATIVES barmily adverb barminess noun. ORIGIN originally in the sense «frothy»: from BARM(Cf. ↑B) …
6barmy — [bärm′ē] adj. barmier, barmiest 1. full of barm; yeasty or foamy 2. [Brit. Slang] crazy …
7Barmy Army — The Barmy Army is an organised group of cricket fans which organises touring parties of its members to follow the English cricket team on all of its overseas tours. The group acquired its name during the 1994 1995 Test series in Australia and has …
8barmy — balmy, barmy These two words come from two roots, although the lines of descent have become intertwined: balmy (meaning ‘deliciously fragrant’) comes from balm (see the entry above) and barmy (as now used colloquially, meaning ‘stupid’) comes… …
9barmy — [[t]bɑ͟ː(r)mi[/t]] barmier, barmiest ADJ GRADED (disapproval) If you say that someone or something is barmy, you mean that they are slightly crazy or very foolish. [BRIT, INFORMAL] Bill used to say I was barmy, and that would really get to me...… …
10Barmy Fotheringay-Phipps — In the stories and novels of P. G. Wodehouse, Cyril Barmy Fotheringay Phipps (pronounced Funghy Fipps ) is a member of the Drones Club along with fellow club members Tuppy Glossop, Gussie Fink Nottle, and others. As Russell Baker commented in the …