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FUNNY FARM

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Dictionary entry overview: What does funny farm mean?

• FUNNY FARM (noun)
The noun FUNNY FARM has 1 sense:

1. pejorative terms for an insane asylum

Familiarity information: FUNNY FARM used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• FUNNY FARM (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Pejorative terms for an insane asylum

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

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

Hypernyms ("funny farm" is a kind of...):

asylum; insane asylum; institution; mental home; mental hospital; mental institution; psychiatric hospital (a hospital for mentally incompetent or unbalanced person)

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