the funny farmnoun [ S ]
uk/ˈfʌn.i ˌfɑːm/us/ˈfʌn.i ˌfɑːrm/informalsometimes used in a humorous or offensive way to refer to a hospital for mentally ill people:
If things get much worse, they'll be taking me off to the funny farm.
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Medical places & organizations
- A & E
- asylum
- detoxification centre
- ear, nose, and throat
- emergency room
- ENT
- er
- Harley Street
- health maintenance organization
- intensive care
- lunatic asylum
- madhouse
- Medicaid
- Medicare
- mental hospital
- operating room
- outpatients
- sanitarium
- surgery
- theatre
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