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madhouse

[mad-hous] / ˈmædˌhaʊs /


NOUN
(older, offensive) residence for mentally ill people
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The team was undecided on how well Mellencamp’s biggest hits—sepia-tinted odes to small-town America—fit today’s college football madhouse cathedrals.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 16, 2026

The follow-up continues this kookiness with a madhouse spoof of Hallmark holiday saccharine in which a woodpile becomes a homicidal monster.

From Salon • Dec. 18, 2025

Citizens Bank Park was a madhouse in Game 1, but the crowd for Game 2 was comparatively toned down.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 6, 2025

Mr Acciardo described the scene as a "madhouse" when first responders arrived.

From BBC • Sep. 9, 2024

It awakened me, for the screech of the iced limbs rubbing each other and the snapping of the ice were like the sounds from a madhouse.

From "My Side of the Mountain" by Jean Craighead George




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