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stir-craziness

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stir-cra⋅zy

  [stur-krey-zee]
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–adjective Slang.
1. Informal. restless or frantic because of confinement, routine, etc.: I was stir-crazy after just two months of keeping house.
2. mentally ill because of long imprisonment.
Origin:
1935–40; stir 2 + crazy

Related forms:
stir-cra⋅zi⋅ness, noun
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stir-crazy 
1908, from stir "prison" (1851), probably from Start Newgate (1757), prison in London, later any prison (1823), probably from Romany stardo "imprisoned," related to staripen "a prison." Mid-19c. sturaban, sturbin "state prison" seem to be transitional forms.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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