nuthouse

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nuthouse

/ˈnʌtˌhaʊs/ US

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From nut + house.

noun nuthouses

informal, offensive A hospital for the mentally ill. That guy is totally crazy; he belongs in a nuthouse.
Similar: bedlam, bin, booby-hatch, booby house, bughouse, crazy house, cuckoo's nest, funny farm, happy hotel, insane asylum, laughing academy, loony bin

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@misc{nuthouse_2026,
  title = {nuthouse},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/nuthouse},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}