booby hatch
Slang for asylum
A booby hatch is slang for a psychiatric hospital or insane asylum.
The term is old-fashioned and carries dismissive or mocking connotations: They'll cart you off to the booby hatch if you keep talking like that.
Originally, a booby hatch was a small hatch or covered opening on a ship's deck.
- madhouseChaotic, disordered place
- funny farmSlang psychiatric facility
- bughouseSlang psychiatric facility
- bedlamState of wild disorder
- mental institutionPsychiatric treatment facility
nuttery · rubber room · padded cell · bulkhead · porthole · mental hospital · forecastle · asylum · snake pit · lunatic asylum · loony bin · nut house · cuckoo's nest · basket case · men in white coats · watertight · deck · chain
- ship openingsporthole, scuttle, companionway, gangway, gun port
booby hatchpsychiatric hospital
Facility for mental treatment
mental health facility · sanitarium · clinic · teaching hospital · research hospital
booby hatchsanctuary
Protected sacred space
haven · retreat · safe space · tranquil setting · freedom
booby hatchpsychiatric hospital
Facility for mental treatment
mental health center · treatment facility · wellness center · rehabilitation center · clinic
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