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going troppo

'Going Troppo' is an exclusively Australian slang term for 'going crazy'. The popular understanding about it's origin is that it comes from stories of the tropical heat in the northern parts of Australia driving people crazy.
What's Stevo doing? He must be going troppo!

NB: 'Stevo' is pronounced 'Steve-O' it's an Aussie nick-name for someone called steven/stephen.
by Bob Hu July 21, 2008
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going troppo

The practice whereby white people (Expats) adopt local customs and attire, eat solely local food and learn to speak local languages with fluency in the world's tropical regions.
What is that man wearing, I do declare he's going troppo
by Millwall_fan May 14, 2016
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