dotty about

[dot-ee]

dot·ty

1[dot-ee]
adjective, dot·ti·er, dot·ti·est. Informal.
1.
crazy or eccentric.
2.
feeble or unsteady in gait.
3.
very enthusiastic or infatuated (usually followed by about or over).

Origin:
1805–15; perhaps dott(ard) variant of dotard + -y1

dot·ti·ly, adverb
dot·ti·ness, noun
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Dotty about is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
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