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Berzerkeley

Berzerkeley is the alternative form of Berserkeley.

Meaning of Berserkeley

Proper noun

Berserkeley

  1. (humorous, slang) Nickname for Berkeley: a city in Alameda County, California, United States; or the University of California campus located there, both having a reputation for progressive or radical politics.
    • “Your car, your”—he does a Hollywood SS officer accent—“‘Volkswagen.’ What’s its name?”
      [...]
      “[...] It’s Garcia.”
      [...]
      “An ex-Berserkeley Beatnik boyfriend named it. After Jerry Garcia, y’ know, the Grateful Dead man. He abandoned it at my dorm when its engine sent a gasket through the back...2004, David Mitchell, “Half-Lives: The First Luisa Rey Mystery”, in Cloud Atlas, →ISBN, page 131

Questions about Berzerkeley

What is Berzerkeley the alternative form of?
Berzerkeley is the alternative form of Berserkeley.

Words near Berzerkeley in the dictionary

  1. berzelianite
  2. berzeliite
  3. berzeline
  4. berzelium
  5. berzerk
  6. Berzerkeley
  7. berzerker
  8. berzerkers
  9. berzerks
  10. Berzins
  11. Berzinses

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Berzerkeley (page history and authors); Berserkeley (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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