troppo en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- /ˈtɹɒpəʊ/
- (Australia) audio
Etymology
From tropical + -o (diminutive suffix). First used by Australian troops in tropical regions during WWII, in the sense “affected by war service in the tropics.”
Meanings
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(Australia, not-comparable, slang, with go) Crazy, mad, strangely behaving; especially as attributed to hot weather.
‘[…]She calls these rehearsals my singing lessons - but at least I don′t have people rushing in thinking I′ve gone troppo . . .’ ‘Except me.’ Violet′s smile lingered as she gazed at him.
1989, Rosie Boycott, All for Love, page 163:After three months by himself on his ‘dream’ tropical island he went troppo and smashed all the equipment.
"[The Northern Territory has] got the same sort of flavour to it, probably a bit more frontier. Overall, it's the tropics and they go troppo. The beer's cold and the weather's hot and they drink too much.
2016 March 15, David Dale, “John Jarratt talks new show Territory Cops and a murderous return in Wolf Creek”, in The Sydney Morning Herald:Barry′s gone troppo and married that sheila he′s only known for two weeks.
For a lone Digger gone troppo, as Joe is deemed to have done, it is a realistic scenario.
2009, Paul Tapp, Disquiet - the Justifiable Homicide of an Australian Vietnam Veteran, page 121: