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familiar to go off one's rocker

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(v.) = go + bonkers, go (right) off + Posesivo + rocker, go + berserk, go + postal, go + haywire

Ex. The article is entitled 'Going Bonkers!': Children, Play and Pee-Wee'.

Ex. The Chinese seem to have gone off their rocker with the recent street protests against revisions of Japanese schoolbooks.

Ex. It depicts fascism as a crusade for preserving literature's purity, a crusade that went berserk.

Ex. You have also probably read about cases where an employee 'went postal' and entered a company building, shooting his boss and other employees.

Ex. The formatting on my main page has gone haywire for apparently no reason.

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(v.) = go + bonkers, go (right) off + Posesivo + rocker, go + berserk, go + postal, go + haywire

Ex: The article is entitled 'Going Bonkers!': Children, Play and Pee-Wee'.

Ex: The Chinese seem to have gone off their rocker with the recent street protests against revisions of Japanese schoolbooks.

Ex: It depicts fascism as a crusade for preserving literature's purity, a crusade that went berserk.

Ex: You have also probably read about cases where an employee 'went postal' and entered a company building, shooting his boss and other employees.

Ex: The formatting on my main page has gone haywire for apparently no reason.