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Doolally — or Dolally may refer to: Deolali, India, former site of a British Army transit camp. The Deolali transit camp itself. Doolally , originally doolally tap , meaning to lose ones mind , derived from the boredom felt at the Deolali British Army… … Wikipedia
doolally — ► ADJECTIVE informal ▪ temporarily insane. ORIGIN from Indian army slang doolally tap, from Deolali (a town near Bombay) + Urdu tap fever … English terms dictionary
doolally — insane, eccentric, British slang, by 1917 in the armed services and in full doolally tap (with Urdu word for fever ), from Deolali, near Bombay, India, which was a military camp (established 1861) with a large barracks and a chief staging point… … Etymology dictionary
doolally — [du: lali] adjective Brit. informal temporarily insane. Origin 1920s: orig. doolally tap, Ind. army sl., from Deolali (a town near Bombay) + Urdu tap fever … English new terms dictionary
doolally — Adj. Mad, crazy, insane. A shortening of doolally tap, a madness that afflicted British soldiers in Deolali, India. There s speculation as to whether the soldiers went mad whilst stationed there, awaiting the troop ship home, or that they were… … English slang and colloquialisms
doolally — adj British deranged, crazy. A very popular term derived from the location of a colonial army sanatorium and rest camp at Deo lali, Bombay, where soldiers exhibiting signs of fatigue, heat exhaustion, etc. were sent. An early form which is still… … Contemporary slang
Deolali — देवळाली city … Wikipedia
Deolali transit camp — was a transit camp for British troops in Deolali, India, notorious for its unpleasant environment, boredom, and the psychological problems of soldiers that passed through it. Its name is the origin of the phrase gone doolally or doolally tap , a… … Wikipedia
Edward Gordon Jones — Infobox Military Person name= Sir Edward Gordon Jones lived= 31 August 1914 – 20 February 2007 placeofbirth =Widnes, Cheshire, England placeofdeath= caption= nickname= Tap allegiance=flag|United Kingdom serviceyears= 1935 – 1969 rank= Air Marshal … Wikipedia
tapped — Adj. Insane or a mentally unstable. From doolally tap. Cf. doolally … English slang and colloquialisms
