shack-wacky

shack-wacky
 adj.— «People became “shack-wacky.”…They went insane with a frequency which would be significant if one knew what was meant by it.» —“Wisconsin Death Trip” by William H. Gass New York Times June 24, 1973. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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