Crackers
Crackers adjective - Having or showing a very abnormal or sick state of mind.
Usage example: prisoners in that hellhole either died of disease or went crackers
Nuts
Nuts adjective - Having or showing a very abnormal or sick state of mind.
Usage example: the bizarre rantings in the notes left behind by the serial killer convinced the police that the guy was nuts
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
- In "Bananas, Crackers and Nuts," Hawkeye fakes sanity slippage in order to weasel some R&R in Tokyo.
Source: Sanity Slippage / Live-Action TV -
Faux Yay: In "Bananas, Crackers and Nuts", Hawkeye tries to get leave by (among other things) pretending to be romantically interested in Burns.
Source: Series / M*A*S*H -
Also tried unsuccessfully by Hawkeye to get leave in the episode "Bananas, Crackers and Nuts." In "Fade Out, Fade In", Klinger enlists the services of a "lawyer" who turns out to be using this.
Source: Series / M*A*S*H
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