kuku na muniu
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Polish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Literally, “boo-boo on [the] brain”.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]kuku na muniu n (indeclinable)
- (colloquial, idiomatic, pathology, psychiatry) mental disorder, mental illness
- Synonyms: choroba psychiczna, zaburzenie psychiczne
- (colloquial, idiomatic) gesture of knocking with a finger on the forehead or making circular movements at the forehead, expressing the speaker's belief that the person in question is mentally ill
Further reading
[edit]- kuku na muniu in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- kuku na muniu in Polish dictionaries at PWN