haywire

haywire (http://definr.com/haywire)

     adj 1: informal or slang terms for mentally irregular [syn: balmy,
             barmy, bats, batty, bonkers, buggy, cracked,
             crackers, daft, dotty, fruity, kooky, kookie,
             loco, loony, loopy, nuts, nutty, wacky]
     2: not functioning properly; "something is amiss"; "has gone
        completely haywire"; "the telephone is out of order";
        "what's the matter with your vacuum cleaner?"; "something
        is wrong with the engine" [syn: amiss(p), awry(p), {out
        of order(p)}, the matter(p), wrong(p)]
     n : wire for tying up bales of hay