larry
adj.— «Others say Moses is a monomaniac. They say he is “larry” (a Liberian parlance for crazy).» —“Many Shades Of ‘FORUM’” by Gibson W. Jerue The Analyst (Monrovia, Liberia) July 13, 2004. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
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