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Topsy

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grow like Topsy

to grow very fast The government must decide how to allocate health-care resources in the face of demand that is growing like Topsy.

See also: grow, like, Topsy

topsy-turvy

 

1. (informal) if a situation is topsy-turvy, it is confused and not well organized because things happen in the wrong order or people believe things are important when they are not The government's topsy-turvy priorities mean that spending on education remains low. We're living in topsy-turvy times.

2. (informal) if a room or a place is topsy-turvy, it is very untidy He went out leaving the house all topsy-turvy.

topsy-boozy

and topsy-boosy (ˈtɑpsiˈbuzi)

mod. alcohol intoxicated. She was so topsy-boosy she couldn’t stand up.

topsy-boosy

verb

See topsy-boozy

topsy-turvy

(ˈtɑpsiˈtɚvi)

1. mod. upside down; in disarray. He came in and turned everything topsy-turvy.

2. mod. alcohol intoxicated. She was too topsy-turvy to stand up.