Meanings
bammy1
comparative bammier · superlative bammiest
- 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 861 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
bammy2
Origin
Apparently a dialectal form of barmy.
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bammy. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bammy
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