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Baling wire is also known as "haywire", from which several slang terms have arisen. The term "to go haywire", meaning to go wrong or behave unpredictably, arose either from the wire's tendency to become entangled if improperly handled, or from the wire's use to fix anything in an ad hoc manner.
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This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 14 January 2025. This is a list of onomatopoeias, i.e. words that imitate, resemble, or suggest the source of the sound that they describe. For more information, see the linked articles. Human vocal sounds Achoo, Atishoo, the sound of a sneeze Ahem, a sound made to clear the throat or to draw attention ...
Haywire (slang), origin of some of the uses above Haywyre (born 1992), American electronic music producer Heywire , a youth initiative of the Australian Government and ABC
Haywire is a 1977 memoir by actress and writer Brooke Hayward (born 1937), [1] daughter of theatrical agent and producer Leland Hayward and actress Margaret Sullavan. [2] It is a #1 New York Times Best Seller [ 3 ] and was on the newspaper's list for 17 weeks. [ 4 ]
Deutsches Rechtswörterbuch (Dictionary of Historical German Legal Terms) Lists of dictionaries cover general and specialized dictionaries, collections of words in one or more specific languages, and collections of terms in specialist fields. They are organized by language, specialty and other properties.