go bazootie v. phr. to go crazy. Editorial Note: This term is not common. It is probably a form of go berserk ‘to become frenzied; to go crazy’ and related to the also uncommon go bazonkers. Also see bazooty. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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