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View synonyms for funny farm

funny farm

noun

, Slang.
  1. a psychiatric hospital.


funny farm

noun

  1. facetious.
    a mental institution
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of funny farm1

First recorded in 1960–65; funny 1 in the sense “strange, peculiar, odd” and farm in the sense “a place that serves a specified type of client”
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Example Sentences

Please send answers to Pink Floyd, care of the Funny Farm, Chalford, St. Giles.

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