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Neville Briggs
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Maureen's word

Post by Neville Briggs » Wed Aug 17, 2011 4:18 pm

Maureen, I was watching an episode of " One Foot in the Grave " in which the British actor Janine Duvitski used the phrase " go completely doolally " . :)

I found out that doolally comes from British Army slang meaning temporararily insane, its origin is the name of a town in India ,Deolali.

I'm waiting so I can playfully say to my wife " what a lovely day today, and here's you, all bright and doolally "
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Re: Maureen's word

Post by Maureen K Clifford » Wed Aug 17, 2011 4:39 pm

Well I just presumed you knew what it meant when I used it.... :? Must come from a nutty family we use it a lot :lol: :lol: :lol:
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