funny farm

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funny farm

n. Offensive Slang

A mental health facility or hospital.

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funny farm

facetious a mental institution

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fun′ny farm`

n.
Slang.

a psychiatric hospital.

[1955–60]

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funny farm - pejorative terms for an insane asylum

booby hatch, crazy house, cuckoo's nest, funny house, loony bin, madhouse, nut house, nuthouse, sanatorium, snake pit, Bedlam

mental home, mental hospital, mental institution, psychiatric hospital, insane asylum, asylum, institution - a hospital for mentally incompetent or unbalanced person

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