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crackers

(UK, colloquial) Crazy, insane.

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#1·Apr 26, 2026

(UK, colloquial) Crazy, insane.

Dominic Cummings, Boris Johnson’s former chief adviser, told the online magazine UnHerd in May that Truss was “as close to properly crackers as anybody I have met in parliament” and would be an “even worse” prime minister than Johnson.
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  • “You're just doing the "bitch is eating crackers" thing where becase you have already decided he is Bad then anything he does is also Bad”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
  • “Dear Shhh! Bring graham crackers & chocolate and make s’mores! Eat that “equipment”!”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
  • “Trolls: "Just look at Vivziepop eating those fucking crackers like she owns the place."”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
  • “~Drew Eats - Funeral Potatoes 😋🥔🧀 I might substitute Ritz crackers for corn flakes, and onion dip for one of the cups of sour cream, but otherwise, looks and sounds yummy! 😋”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
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#2·Apr 26, 2026

(South Africa) A kind of noisy leather pants or trousers.

Origin: From . The South African sense is from their sound and its status as a plurale tantum by association with trousers. The adjectival sense derives from British naval expressions referring to firecrackers in one's head, originally as "he's got the crackers" and then "he's gone crackers" before the present "he is crackers". Origin information sourced from Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0).
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  • “It's a little strange to me that packaging isn't a solved problem some brands have these and they work every time; others almost never do ritz cracker sleeves are consistently easy to open neatly; saltine crackers are impossible to open without it looking like a bear attack”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
  • “being sick somehow makes plain crackers more flavorful to me. its weird”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
  • “"who shot biggie smalls if we don't get them they gone to get us all, I'm down for running up on those crackers down in city hall..."”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
  • “I live in Australia, here make you wait around 30min after donating & encourage you to eat the supplied snacks for replenishment, like cheese & crackers, cookies, fruit juice etc. I wouldn't call it groceries.”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
  • “Frankly, I think that's simply divine! By the way, caviar on artisanal crackers at my Fire Island condo at 8 tonight”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
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