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maboul

/ma.bul/

adjective/ma.bul/

crazy

“Je sais qu'j'suis pas cool / Mais cette petite me saoule / Il m'faut de l'alcool ou j'vais devenir maboul” — I know I'm not cool / But shorty's got me vexed / I need some alcohol or I'm going to go crazy

Synonyms: fou

Attested 1860, from Arabic مَخْبُول (maḵbūl, “crazy”), presumably through Algerian Arabic مهبول (mehbūl).

noun, masculine/ma.bul/plural: mabouls

nutcase

“S'affranchir du machisme, ce piège à cons ne rassurant que les maboules.” — Breaking free from machismo, that trap for fools that only reassures the lunatics.

Attested 1860, from Arabic مَخْبُول (maḵbūl, “crazy”), presumably through Algerian Arabic مهبول (mehbūl).

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