The military slang expression doolally tap was defined for example in Barrack-Room Language , a glossary published in The Lichfield Mercury Staffordshire of 14 th May Doolally Tap. Martin explains that the Deolali cantonment, established by the British in , was a transit camp for soldiers, acting as both a training camp for newly arrived soldiers and a point of embarkation for those returning home.
He writes:. In the nineteenth century, the trooping season operated during the winter and spring only. Soldiers posted to Deolali to await repatriation after the end of the trooping season in March would have to wait until the following November for the first troopship home. Martin also explains that, at Deolali during the long summer months, soldiers often succumbed to the heat, their misery being frequently compounded by sand fleas. Additionally, due to the presence of gin parlours and brothels in the nearby town of Nasik, alcoholism, syphilis and other venereal diseases were rife.
He adds:. Relapsing fevers and episodes of cerebral malaria would have afflicted the rather static population of the cantonment, accounting for the fever, madness and torment of the slang term. The reason that Deolali became synonymous with mental illness has more to do with the limitations imposed on troop movements by the seasons, the debilitating effect of the summer climate, alcoholism, venereal diseases, malaria, and the difficulties of treating mental illness in the colonies.
Dictionaries record the word doolally used as an adjective only, but I have found noun uses, for example in The Burnley News Lancashire of 14 th November , which reported the following:.
Michael Moffatt, a wounded soldier in uniform, was charged with being drunk on licensed premises. A centre-forward should keep the opposing backs on tenter-hooks, and that plays doolally with them.
Perhaps a different word, doolally has been used as a term meant to be obscure, as reported in Our daily bread is baked at night , published in the Derby Evening Telegraph Derbyshire of 15 th March Definition of Doolally in the Definitions. Definition , Doolally , Definitions , Dictionary. What does Doolally mean? Information and translations of Doolally in the most comprehensive ….
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Doolally is for easing yourself out, tasting the finest brews with friends, licking on great finger food. Consequent boredom, and heat, turned many a soldier insane, and the word Doolally was coined. At first the term was used in the form "He's got the Doo-lally tap", from Sanskrit tapa heat meaning one has caught Doolally fever but.
The 'fever' in question refers to the impatience of soldiers to go back home after their enlistments had expired. Doolally adj. Christian, W. Unless he's doolally he'll come back to you all right. Chaps only go after women like that for one thing. Sign up to join this community. The best answers are voted up and rise to the top. Stack Overflow for Teams — Collaborate and share knowledge with a private group.
Create a free Team What is Teams? Learn more. Origin of doolally [tap] Ask Question. Asked 7 years, 5 months ago. Active 5 years, 10 months ago. Viewed 12k times. They said it referred to insanity caused by contaminated tap water in Deolali lead? But I've now discovered Wikipedia says Can anyone either corroborate or refute any of these suggested etymologies? Improve this question. FumbleFingers FumbleFingers k 45 45 gold badges silver badges bronze badges. It is all new to me. I had never considered the origin of the term though I have used it many times myself.
I have never heard the 'tap' version.
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