looney bin
Psychiatric hospital, slang
A looney bin is a psychiatric hospital or mental institution.
The term is informal and derogatory, reducing mental health treatment facilities to places for "loonies"—itself dismissive slang for people with mental illness.
Often used figuratively for any chaotic environment: This office is a looney bin.
Also spelled loony bin.
- madhouseChaotic, disordered place
- sanatoriumFacility for prolonged recovery
- nut houseSlang psychiatric institution
- lunaticDeranged or irrational person
- asylumShelter from persecution
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