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funny farm

noun Slang: Offensive.

a psychiatric hospital.

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Origin:
1960–65

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funny farm

—n
	facetious a mental institution

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funny farm definition

n.
an insane asylum; a psychiatric hospital. : He's really weird. They're going to send him to the funny farm.

Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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