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- noun
camp fever - noun
madness ,eccentricity
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From Deolali, a British army camp 100 miles north-east of Bombay where British soldiers would stay after finishing their tour of duty, to await transport back to Britain; and tap, a Persian or Urdu word for a malarial fever (ultimately from Sanskrit tapa ("heat” or “torment"))
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she commented on the word doolally tap
Somewhat of a cousin of cabin fever, from Deolali, a town in India, and Sanskrit tapa, 'heat or torment.' See World Wide Words.
August 21, 2008
hernesheir commented on the word doolally tap
Hindustani tap, meaning fever.
November 21, 2010
yarb commented on the word doolally tap
Very interesting; when I were a whelp crazy people were often described as tap or tapped. I assumed it was from the gesture of tapping the side of one's head to indicate mental instability in another.
November 21, 2010