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gaga adjective [ ˈɡɑːɡɑː ]

• no longer in possession of all one's mental faculties, especially on account of old age.
• "I want to write my memoirs before I go too gaga"
Origin: early 20th century: from French, ‘senile, a senile person’, reduplication based on gâteux, variant of gâteur, hospital slang in the sense ‘bed-wetter’.


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