rock happy

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -æpi

Adjective

rock happy (comparative more rock happy, superlative most rock happy)

1. (US, military, slang) eccentric or crazy as a result of spending a long time on a remote island
   • 2008, George Lowe, The Hard, Hard Life of George A. Lowe, page 75:

     The civilian ground crew was rock happy. […] They were screaming at each other. Foul. Abusive. Bloodthirsty. It's what happens to men who take stupid jobs in miserable locations just for the money.

   • 2016, Bruce M. Petty, Saipan: Oral Histories of the Pacific War, page 150:

     After fifteen months most of us were rock happy and would have done anything to get out of there, even if it meant invading Japan.

See also

• Asiatic
• pineapple head
• space-happy