| Subject | Russian | English |
| inf. | дурдом какой-то | weird-ass place (Am.E. • This is a goddamn weird-ass place we work in, lemme tell you Taras) |
| inf. | дурдом на выгуле | shitshow (Mikhail11) |
| Игорь Миг, cinema | Дурдом на колесах | RV (название фильма, 2006 г., США) |
| disappr. | дурдом натуральный | crazy mess (Hа что они тратят наши деньги!!! Дурдом натуральный. Нам нужны подземные переходы… они просто издеваются! (из рус. источников) • Mayor: Traffic to be 'crazy mess,' but the end result of the downtown Hagerstown project is worth it. (heraldmailmedia.com) • Seattle is such a beautiful city but it's a crazy, freakin' mess... ART Vancouver) |
| gen. | Дурдом просто. | it's bananas. (maystay) |
| gen. | их надо упечь в дурдом | they're mentally unfit to live outside the mental hospital (Ольга Матвеева) |
| disappr. | какой-то дурдом | nuts (Tried to get off the North Shore last night – Dec 13th. Completely nuts on all roads and bridges and we were going to a location where driving was the only option. Until the transportation crisis is remedied, more building should be put on hold. The roads can't handle what we already have. (nsnews.com) -- На дорогах и мостах творится полный дурдом ... ART Vancouver) |
| slang | лежать в дурдоме | be in the loony bin (Andrey Truhachev) |
| rhetor. | сравнить с дурдомом | liken to a mad house (Fox News Alex_Odeychuk) |