Just for fun: The number of our colloquial terms for the word 'crazy' is simply phenomenal, if not out of this world, with some words even having variants. I wonder why.
abetelay utek to (his brain caught some chills)
abulok so ulo
aburis
aderal so ulo
agetaget
aguret
akagsiw
aketket na duweg (bitten by a carabao)
akudyas
akustil, nankustil
alamatan, wala'y lamat na ulo to (his head has a crack)
alintaweng
alinturang
alipeng
ambagel
ambagtit
ambasit, nanbasit
ambreng
angkampis, nankampis
apataa'y lurem (nahagip ng ulap, got hit by a cloud)
apisit (squished)
arageman so utek (his brain has got blown by the wind)
asibok
asibukan na mauges a dagem (got blown upon by a bad wind)
asipeg (nahagip, got bumped)
ataknik
atapaaw
atapis, nantapis
atikong
atipos, atipus
atiris, nantiris
atorik
awaweng, wawaweng
awegweg
awelwel
baleg so bulan
bankeleng
bantiwel
bantokaling
bayakew
bobolanen, bubulanen
bulatis
di katit, nankatit
di latlata, nanlatlata
di saltik
di galing, wala'y galing-galing to (has magical powers?)
gilit-gilit
kalawakaw
katok, akatok, nangkatok
kulang na binting, diya'd piso kulang na binting (lacks 25 centavos)
kulang na bulan (lacks some months)
kulang na kwerdas
kulang na pesetas
kulang-kulang (is lacking)
kutagong
kuwating, nankuwating
kuwatit, nankuwatit
linmukak so tornilyo to (lumuwag ang turnilyo, has loose screws)
lokloko, loko-loko
makakaimis ya singa bakes (seems smiling like a monkey)
mamarlang
minsay
naapunan (possessed)
nagtela'y utek to (his brain turned cold)
nandaiset, wala'y daiset (has a little something)
nan-F (slang, with F meaning few, fool, or foolish)
nangkatiw
nankalting, akaltingan
nankupat
nankuriring, wala'y kring-kring/wala'y kuliling, nankuliling, nankililing, nantililing, nankularing, nankularet
nankutas, akutas
nipatog ed barko
nipatog ed bulan, apatogan na bulan (got bumped at/by the moon)
paratangtang, paratagtag
sulok-sulok
tawel
terenggoy
terenta y cingco
tulao
wala'y banting to (has a bell)
wala'y pisisigeen to
wala'y sagar (may sayad, has ___?)
Sources: Resty Odon, Vernaliza Ferrer, Ismael Malicdem Jr., Peter Caragan, Melchor Orpilla, Santiago Villafania, Joey Ferrer, John Quinto, Clarita F. Tagab, Iluminada Junio, What's Up Dagupan (FB page), Sylvester Quintos, et al.
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