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banoodles en · ADJ

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Etymology

Blend of bananas (“crazy, nuts”) + noodles.

Meanings

1. (humorous, slang) Crazy.
   • There is a genuine fondness among others for [Jeff] Van Gundy. “He’s crazy, intense,” guard Chris Childs said, “not bananas, but ba[-]noodles. More like One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest. But I love him. I have respect for him.” 1999 May 30, Ira Winderman, “Talk is cheap, unless it’s the Heat talking”, in Sun-Sentinel, page 9C:
   • I think the sound of my voice makes me feel less banoodles, less like this is a dream. 2018, Rick M. Green, Renáe Brumbaugh Green, “Cinnamon”, in Daniel Everhart and the Skylands of Caterra: Guarinot, Armonia Publishing, →ISBN, page 283:
   • “Was jealous of NY already. Damn you Yankee! Love you so so much and missed you like banoodles. Ha ha straight to taping from the airport. #Galing hahaha.” 2017 October 14, Reggee Bonoan, quoting Billy Crawford’s Instagram post, “Ria at Coleen, isang linggong bonding sa New York”, in Balita:
   • “Yep, that seems like yesterday when my life was a freakin’ fairytale. It’s banoodles how much can change in a few months. Now I’m living in a nightmare,” I said solemnly. 2008, Deja King, The Bitch Is Back, Columbus, Ohio: Triple Crown Publications, →ISBN, page 80:
   • The joint with Sean P is banoodles. 2008 February 5, Luca, “new EMC album...”, in rec.music.hip-hop (Usenet):
   • But, if I may, for a moment: Has CBC Radio lost its mind? Has it gone banoodles? Is it drunk? Stoned? Incapacitated by the expectations of a wanting nation? 2009 November 7, Dave Bidini, “Stop talking to your radio”, in National Post, volume 12, number 11, page WP2:
   • “Banoodles party, baby girl. You did your thing,” proclaimed Marvelette Bridgewater-Rivington to Alison as she made her exit. 2009, Jonathan Bernstein, chapter 4, in Hottie, Razorbill, →ISBN:
   • When we finally arrive at one a.m., the line is banoodles, and it's a hundred dollars for men to get in. We all agree: no way. 2011, Demetria L. Lucas, A Belle in Brooklyn: The Go-To Girl for Advice on Living Your Best Single Life, Atria Books, →ISBN, page 132:
   • The Sex And The City launch last weekend was banoodles. In a lineup of ladies that coiled around the block at Fifth Avenue Cinemas, body parts were lifted, separated, bronzed, flattened, squished together and elongated. It was amazing. 2008 June 4, Andrea Woo, “Sex And The City’s big night”, in Metro, Vancouver, B.C.: Metro International, page 25, column 1:
   • Especially because it seems PRO (the artist formerly known as Prokid) is truly at home on DJ Sbu's record label and is doing the sort of music that he is thrilled about on his third studio album, Dankie San.¶ And we're thrilled too, when taking into consideration the number of people who go banoodles when the IV League- produced song Bhampa is played anywhere at any time. 2008 May 1, “Button Up”, in Independent Online, archived from the original on 04 Jan 2023:
   • “So, I should never have come to your work. Honeybee was right. If you don't want to talk to me till you're 20, that's what I deserve.” “Dad, I'm sorry all that stuff happened to you today and that you thought I hated you, and, frankly, those jeans are absolutely banoodles, but the reason I didn't notice any of that stuff today is because I was in love, but now it's over. And I'll probably never feel happiness again, okay?” 2022 November 13, Kashana Cauley, “Mall-mento Adventure” (11:11 from the start), in The Great North, season 3, episode 7, spoken by Judy Tobin (Jenny Slate):
   • To quote choreographer Mia Michaels, this season is banoodles.¶ It seems like there are very few dancers in the competition who are NOT fan or judge favorites, which means that the elimination process throughout this season of 'So You Think You Can Dance' will be more tense than in previous seasons: No one is safe. 2008 June 19, Claire Zulkey, “'So You Think You Can Dance': The top nine couples perform”, in Los Angeles Times, archived from the original on 04 Jan 2023:
   • Yeah . . . but that was all that Korean shit with the kicks, oh shit, that shit was bananas. Banoodles son. 2004, Jee Kim, “Bi-bim-bap”, in Emily Bernard, editor, Some of My Best Friends: Writings on Interracial Friendships, HarperCollins, →ISBN, page 22:

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