Syn: Bedlam, booby hatch, crazy house, cuckoo's nest, funny
farm, funny house, loony bin, nuthouse, sanatorium.
[1913 Webster]
2. Hence: (fig.) A chaotic, raucus or highly disordered situation. [PJC]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
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