laughing academy

NOUN

mental health facility

Synonyms

STRONGEST

mental health institution psychiatric hospital psychiatric unit psychiatric ward

STRONG

mental hospital

WEAK

sanitarium

NOUN

loony bin

Synonyms

STRONGEST

mental health facility mental health institution psychiatric hospital

STRONG

mental hospital mental institution psychiatric ward

WEAK

bedlam booby hatch bughouse funny farm insane asylum lunatic asylum madhouse nut house padded cell psych ward rubber room sanatorium sanitarium snake pit

Example Sentences

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Senescent Saint "Tell me, do you think your old man has slipped his trolley�that he belongs in a laughing academy?"

From Time Magazine Archive

It's just wild enough to get me put into a laughing academy, where I can't do them any mischief.

From Get Out of Our Skies! by Jarvis, E. K.