cray-cray

See also: cray cray

English

Alternative forms

• cra-cra
• cray cray

Etymology

From crazy by shortening and reduplication.

Pronunciation

• Audio (AU)

  (file)

Adjective

cray-cray (comparative more cray-cray, superlative most cray-cray)

1. (slang) Crazy.
   • 2011, Jessica Verday, The Hidden, Simon Pulse, published 2011, →ISBN, page 90:

     “Lewis again. The boy cannot get over our breakup. He's like this little puppy dog that follows me around, and it's just driving me cray-cray.”

   • 2012 April 27, “Hiddleston: There's hope for Loki”, in Belfast Telegraph:

     "What fascinates me about Loki is that there is a glimmer of redemption in him somewhere, that he's not cray-cray (crazy). […]

   • 2013, Michele Bardsley, Only Lycans Need Apply‎^[1], Signet Eclipse, published 2013, →ISBN:

     “Are you high?” asked Dove suspiciously. She squinted at Patsy. “Because that's cray-cray.”

   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:cray-cray.

Synonyms

• See Thesaurus:insane.