cray-cray
adj.— «When we got back a few hours later those two lines were gone, and Gawker went a little cray-cray.» —“Agape at Jared Paul Stern’s Gawker” by Garth Johnson Gothamist (New York City) Apr. 16, 2006. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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