Shadow Home Secretary David Davis called the idea "barmy". From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2005-08-01] Reference
Rules and regulations are never anything other than "barmy" and planning strategies are invariably "Soviet-style". From Wordnik.com. [Society Daily 07.07.10] Reference
In London, the Foreign Office says the idea of Britain in NAFTA is "barmy," as it would have to pull out of the EU entirely. From Wordnik.com. [Continental Drift?] Reference
What the girl was saying was plain barmy. From Wordnik.com. [Always On My Mind] Reference
And how could she possibly defend his "barmy" plan for automatic daily allowances?. From Wordnik.com. [Politics news, UK and world political comment and analysis | guardian.co.uk] Reference
The local mayor had called it 'barmy' and even Schools Secretary Ed Balls questioned Mr Mercer's decision-making. From Wordnik.com. [Home | Mail Online] Reference
Mrs Hill described her sacking as "barmy" and said she would be opening a bottle of champagne to celebrate her victory. From Wordnik.com. [Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph] Reference
Traditionalists have branded the ban 'barmy', saying that red ink makes it easier for children to spot errors and improve. From Wordnik.com. [Home | Mail Online] Reference
An ultra-frentic, electrifying debut for a new Doctor - the entire episode takes place at a pace that can best be described as "barmy". From Wordnik.com. [Dopplegangland] Reference
This guidance can now be used by parents and grandparents to challenge 'barmy' rulings relating to the upcoming school sports day season. From Wordnik.com. [Eye on Britain] Reference
"barmy" and one made by Palace killjoys, who had ruined one of the great traditions of Royal. From Wordnik.com. [Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph] Reference
He stared at me as though I had gone suddenly barmy. From Wordnik.com. [Dragonfly in Amber]
Any dreaminess they incline to look on as ‘a bit barmy.’. From Wordnik.com. [Flowering Wilderness] Reference
Gentle deposings only - great Queen, poor lady - oh, so barmy!. From Wordnik.com. [Flashman's Lady]
I used to think women were barmy, forever at mirrors with paints. From Wordnik.com. [The Great California Game]
But if Melanie's account is anywhere the truth, Power must be barmy. From Wordnik.com. [On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with...] Reference
Of them, ninety-nine are perfectly normal and the hundredth is barmy. From Wordnik.com. [The Body Ricardo] Reference
I wouldn't have been so barmy. cho: Poor old soldier, poor old soldier. From Wordnik.com. [Rogue's March] Reference
Appears that Fox, for obvious reasons, has gone all O-barmy after the act. From Wordnik.com. [On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with...] Reference
'You must have been barmy, lad if you thought you could get away with it.'. From Wordnik.com. [Dangerous Lady]
Expect a new barmy initiative from Harmon, the shrieking virago of the Left. From Wordnik.com. [Tony Blair: The Next Labour Prime Minister?] Reference
This 'Churchill' episode email has all the hallmarks of someone plain barmy. From Wordnik.com. [Tony Blair: The Next Labour Prime Minister?] Reference
Famously described by his biggest fan, comic Tommy Cooper as "bleedin 'barmy". From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
At last Theodore lifted his head, and the old barmy light was back in his eyes. From Wordnik.com. [Flashman on the March]
“It looks to me as though you were barmy,” said Atwater, pocketing the note. From Wordnik.com. [The Complete Stories]
He sounds barmy to me; they're all barmy, and that barmaid bint's the worst of them. From Wordnik.com. [The Gates of Noon]
By the time we returned to Tidworth in the summer of 1979 I was completely army barmy. From Wordnik.com. [Bravo-Two-Zero]
"You're barmy," I said, but with a sideways leer that told him that I wanted to hear more. From Wordnik.com. [For Kicks]
But I think she used to drive him barmy always inventing weird fancy things he didn't like. From Wordnik.com. [Longshot]
The notion that they should only pick presidents who will kowtow to Israel is simply barmy. From Wordnik.com. [On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with...] Reference
I did, however, want someone to talk to, seeing as how I was going slightly barmy all by myself. From Wordnik.com. [The Magyar Venus]
Once in power their bandwagon army of PC wimmen and barmy would-be Soviets infested our public life. From Wordnik.com. [Tony Blair: The Next Labour Prime Minister?] Reference
There's a typically barmy Voiceprint description on their site that suggests The Unutterable is a new album. From Wordnik.com. [The Fall online - latest Fall News] Reference
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