troppo

Bedeutung (Englisch)

Crazy, mad, strangely behaving; especially as attributed to hot weather.

Synonyme

a few sandwiches short of a picnic

Ausgesprochen als (IPA)
/ˈtɹɒpəʊ/
Etymologie (Englisch)

From tropical + -o (diminutive suffix). First used by Australian troops in tropical regions during WWII, in the sense “affected by war service in the tropics.”

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