What is the meaning of the term "Kamakrazee" in the movie Mad Max:Fury Road?
In Mad Max: Fury Road, the term "Kamakrazee" was used three times. During the scene where Ace loads the War Rig, we hear the following chant:
"We are war boys!"
"War boys!"
"Kamakrazee war boys!"
"War boys! "
"Fucacima kamakrazee war boys!"
This led me to believe that the term "Kamakrazee" is a heavily mispronounced version of the word "Kamikaze", fused with "crazy". This makes sense, considering some other words have received the same treatment in the Mad Max universe (Fucacima, Guzzoline, traited, etc.) We also get to see the War Boys conducting a Kamikaze attack in the film.
However, in the scene where Nux (Nicholas Hoult) enters the War Rig and tries to throttle Furiousa (Charlize Theron), the following dialogue happens:
Nux: "You traited him!"
(Attempts to strangle Furiosa, but is thrown aside quickly. Furiosa lunges forward and points a knife at Nux)
Wife 1: "No unnecessary killing!"
Furiosa: "This War Boy wants me dead!"
Wife 2: "We agreed!"
Wife 3: "He's kamakrazee!"
Wife 4: "He's just a kid at the end of his half-life!"
Nux: "No! I live, I die, I live again!"
(Unfortunately, most of this is pieced together from memory, since I can't seem to remember which wife said which, and that it's impossible to find a script for the movie online. I'd appreciate it if someone could correct this for me, since I'm unable to watch the movie right now.)
The term "Kamikaze" would make no sense in this context. So what would the wife in question mean by "Kamakrazee"? And why is she using it as a reason not to kill Nux?
Best Answer
Kama is a japanese weapon, and the term Kamacrazy was used on Urban Dictionary in 2011 to describe "Crazy to the extent that you'd practically go running out in tribal-wear swinging a kama (sickle) at civilians, not because you are an overall angry person but just for the simple fact that you've probably been bored to the point where your sanity has been weakened."
But that is still very similar seeing as both describe it as going into battle, regardless of possible death... also, both stem from japan.
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I don't think you will find an explanation that is based on facts.
The speculation that makes some sense and has some logic behind it is that:
kamakrazee= kamikaze + crazy.
It's not uncommon for people to come up with new words (selfie, bae...). Try not to overthink movies...
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