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Toppo vs Troppo - What's the difference?

toppo | troppo |

As adjectives the difference between toppo and troppo

is that toppo is top, great, the best while troppo is crazy, mad, strangely behaving; especially as attributed to hot weather.

toppo

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • (British, colloquial, dated, used by the upper classes) top, great, the best
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    troppo

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Crazy, mad, strangely behaving; especially as attributed to hot weather.
    • Barry?s gone troppo and married that sheila he?s only known for two weeks.
    After three months by himself on his ‘dream’ tropical island he went troppo and smashed all the equipment.
  • * 1989 , , All for Love , page 163,
    • ‘She calls these rehearsals my singing lessons - but at least I don?t have people rushing in thinking I?ve gone troppo . . .’
    ‘Except me.’ Violet?s smile lingered as she gazed at him.
  • * 2009 , Paul Tapp, Disquiet - the Justifiable Homicide of an Australian Vietnam Veteran , page 121,
    • For a lone Digger gone troppo , as Joe is deemed to have done, it is a realistic scenario.

    Usage notes

    Used in the verb go troppo — to go crazy, to act strangely, as due to tropical heat.

    Synonyms

    * bonkers * doolally, from doolally tap

    References

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