buckaloose
adj.— «our hawaiian native is teaching us some of their, as she calls it, “pidgeon slang.” like “i’m bow with my reading.” or “that girl is buckaloose.”» —by Emily …a beautiful distraction June 3, 2004. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
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