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From heydays to haywire ... "
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heyday

NOUN
heydays (plural noun)
the period of a person's or thing's greatest success, popularity, or vigor:
"the paper has lost millions of readers since its heyday in 1964"
synonyms:
prime · peak · height · high point · high spot · peak of perfection · pinnacle · acme · zenith · day · time · bloom · flowering · culmination · crowning point · prime of life · best days · best years · salad days
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German
NOUN
Bluetezeit
Glanzzeit

High spirits
In its earliest appearances in English, in the 16th century, "heyday" was used as an interjection that expressed elation or wonder (similar to our word hey, from which it derives). Around the same time, "heyday" saw use as a noun meaning "high spirits."

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haywire
adverb or adjective

1 being out of order or having gone wrong
the radio went haywire
2 emotionally or mentally upset or out of control : CRAZY
is going haywire with grief


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The wire used in baling hay—haywire—is often used in makeshift repairs. This hurried and temporary use of haywire gave rise to the adjective haywire. When the adjective was first used in the early 20th century, it was primarily found in the phrase "haywire outfit," which originally denoted a poorly equipped group of loggers and then anything that was flimsy or patched together. This led to a "hastily patched-up" sense, which, in turn, gave us the more commonly used meaning, "being out of order or having gone wrong." The "crazy" sense of haywire may have been suggested by the difficulty of handling the springy wire, its tendency to get tangled around legs, or the disorderly appearance of the temporary repair jobs for which it was used.