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  • adjective Scotland, slang Crazy.

Etymologies

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Apparently a dialectal form of barmy.

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Examples

  • Matt Taibbi has been calling bammy on his crap since day one.

    Latest Articles Don Surber - Daily Mail Blogs 2009

  • The harvest-moon, bringer of hot days and "bammy" nights to glaze the corn, may be the admiration of many, but is not so to the boy.

    Lippincott's Magazine, Vol. 22, September, 1878 Various

  • Where the air is soft and "bammy," an 'dry an' full of health,

    Songs of the Cattle Trail and Cow Camp Various 1904

  • So, everybody thats unhappy with 0'bammy's "hope and change", step forward!

    Breaking News: CBS News 2010

  • So, everybody thats unhappy with 0'bammy's "hope and change", step forward!

    Breaking News: CBS News 2010

  • I guess God forgot to mention that one so all these pious men did some extrapolating at women's expense and whammy bammy you've got the 11th commandment.

    Evangelical leader backs Coats in Indiana 2010

  • I guess God forgot to mention that one so all these pious men did some extrapolating at women's expense and whammy bammy you've got the 11th commandment.

    Evangelical leader backs Coats in Indiana 2010

  • There might be 57 posts about this above, but "... or didn't deal with it" is pure posturing. 'bammy took the issue head on, dealt with it completely, smacked it around with logic and a thump of sunshine, and told us precisely what we needed to hear about Rev. Wright and how he sees race issues in America.

    Cheney Plays The Jeremiah Wright Card 2009

  • There might be 57 posts about this above, but "... or didn't deal with it" is pure posturing. 'bammy took the issue head on, dealt with it completely, smacked it around with logic and a thump of sunshine, and told us precisely what we needed to hear about Rev. Wright and how he sees race issues in America.

    Cheney Plays The Jeremiah Wright Card 2009

  • Where the air is soft and bammy and dry and full of health,

    Cowboy Songs and Other Frontier Ballads Various

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    September 29, 2013