Buggy and Haywire

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Buggy adjective - Informal or slang terms for mentally irregular.

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Haywire is a synonym for buggy. In some cases you can use "Haywire" instead an adjective "Buggy".

Nearby Words: bugged, bugger, bugging

Haywire adjective - Informal or slang terms for mentally irregular.

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Buggy is a synonym for haywire. You can use "Buggy" instead an adjective "Haywire".

Suspiciously Specific Denial: In Meet Metal Sonic, when Robotnik says Metal Sonic may be slightly buggy because he was distracted while building it due to "girlfriend issues": Robotnik: Before you ask, yes, I have a real girlfriend, and nooo, she is not a robot I built that has now gone haywire.

Source: Web Animation / Dorkly Originals

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