bammy

B3A1M3M3Y4
UK/ˈbami/

adjective

Crazy.

Scrabble 14

Meanings

bammy1

adjectivebammy (comparative bammier, superlative bammiest)

comparative bammier · superlative bammiest

  1. ScotlandslangCrazy.

    Those who persist are shown up as perverse, slightly bammy, crackpots – or occasionally as unpatriotic.

    1992, James Kelman, “Let the Wind Blow High Let the Wind Blow Low”, in Some Recent Attacks, page 86
    1 more example

    He was quite a bammy Glasgow guy who had hit on the idea of playing a Tolkienesque character who could turn things to mud with his magical finger.

    2009, Frankie Boyle, My Shit Life So Far, HarperCollins, published 2010, page 183
nounbammy (plural bammies)

plural bammies

  1. ScotlandslangA crazy person; wacko.

bammy2

nounbammy (countable and uncountable, plural bammies)

plural bammies

  1. JamaicacountableuncountableJamaican cassava flatbread.

Origin

Apparently a dialectal form of barmy.

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APA

bammy. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bammy

MLA

“bammy.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bammy. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “bammy,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bammy.

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