haywire
The origin and history of haywire.
Etymology
From logging camps around 1905, where flimsy equipment held together with hay-bale wire was called a "haywire outfit" — the phrase "go haywire" grew from that image of things falling apart or tangling unpredictably.
Class of 1905
haywire first entered the language around 1905. Other words from the same year:
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