gaga
gaga Lexical Profile
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• adjective
Wildly enthusiastic, infatuated, or obsessed, often to the point of losing rational judgment (usually followed by "over" or "for").
"Teenagers across the country went completely gaga over the band's surprise album release."
Mentally confused, foolish, or senile, especially as a result of advanced age.
"The eccentric old duke was dismissed by his advisers as having gone slightly gaga in his later years."
Word Nuance & Usage
"Gaga" is an informal adjective used almost exclusively in the predicate position, most commonly in the idiomatic expression "to go gaga over" someone or something.
• Rhymes for gaga
Word Origin & Etymology
Borrowed in the early 20th century from French "gaga" (meaning senile or foolish), an imitative reduplication evoking the babbling of an infant or a person experiencing cognitive decline.