lose (one's) buttons



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lose (one's) buttons

To be or become mentally deficient, incompetent, or deranged; to become of unsound mind. My poor grandmother started losing her buttons after she had a stroke on her 84th birthday. I've been so sleep deprived lately that it feels like I'm losing my buttons!
See also: button, lose

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Arlott['a:lət]
Wilhelminavil-hel-MEE-nah (Dutch)Dutch, German, Polish, English
Reiṙe:Japanese
Mahavira-Sanskrit
Katar-Armenian
Moyses-Biblical Latin