maboul

crazy

“Je sais qu'j'suis pas cool / Mais cette petite me saoule / Il m'faut de l'alcool ou j'vais devenir maboul” — I know I'm not cool / But shorty's got me vexed / I need some alcohol or I'm going to go crazy

Attested 1860, from Arabic مَخْبُول (maḵbūl, “crazy”), presumably through Algerian Arabic مهبول (mehbūl).

maboul is masculine in French.

nutcase

“S'affranchir du machisme, ce piège à cons ne rassurant que les maboules.” — Breaking free from machismo, that trap for fools that only reassures the lunatics.

Attested 1860, from Arabic مَخْبُول (maḵbūl, “crazy”), presumably through Algerian Arabic مهبول (mehbūl).