Touched

n.

Heard in Carlow, Kilkenny and Galway

Describing someone who is mentally unbalanced, eccentric, or acting in a foolish manner.

Are you touched in the head or something, to be carryin' on like that?

Posh English

Are you entirely unhinged or perhaps suffering from a lapse in reason to behave in such a manner, my good fellow?

Same phrase, other counties

• Kilkenny
• Galway

Related terms

• You're touchedTo be eccentric, foolish, or touched in the head.
• Touched clothTo soil one's underwear.
• Acting the donkeyTo behave in a foolish or silly manner, especially when intoxicated.
• Acting the goatTo act in a foolish or silly manner. Also: Behaving in a silly manner.
• Acting the maggotBehaving in a particularly foolish or silly manner.
• Acting the mickeyTo behave in a foolish or clueless manner.