Someone who is crazy: Being off your rocker often means "to be crazy", but it probably originally referred to a "normal person" who periodically, and unexpectedly, did insane things.

At the very least, when someone is said to be off his or her rocker, it usually means that the person is behaving in a very strange or silly way.

Sally said, "I must have been off my rocker when I agreed to change jobs."

Several applicable words for off the rocker include the following:

• nutty as a fruitcake
• have bats in the belfry
• a basket case
• losing it
• lose one's marbles
• taking leave of one's senses
• mentally unhinged
• have a screw loose

Although the cartoon below is referring to another entry word, it is also providing an example of being off one's rocker.

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