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laughing academy

laughing academy noun: a mental hospital.

Noun

laughing academy (plural laughing academies)

  1. (slang) A mental hospital.
    • Tell me, do you think your old man has slipped his trolley—that he belongs in a laughing academy?1971 Oct. 11, Stefan Kanfer, "Cinema: Senescent Saint" (film review of Kotch), Time (retrieved 7 June 2014)
    • One day the men in white will walk in, throw a net over him, and take him off to the laughing academy.1981 Nov. 23, John Leonard, "Books Of The Times" (review of The Letters of Nunnally Johnson), New York Times (retrieved 7 June 2014)
    Synonyms:
    bedlam, bin, booby-hatch, booby house, bughouse, crazy house, cuckoo's nest, funny farm, happy hotel, insane asylum

Synonyms of laughing academy

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Forms of laughing academy

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Questions about laughing academy

What does laughing academy mean?
Laughing academy means a mental hospital.
What part of speech is laughing academy?
Laughing academy is a noun.
What is the plural of laughing academy?
The plural of laughing academy is laughing academies.

Words near laughing academy in the dictionary

  1. laughies
  2. laughiest
  3. laughin'
  4. laughing
  5. laughing academies
  6. laughing academy
  7. laughing all the way to the bank
  8. laughing at
  9. laughing away
  10. Laughing Bird Caye
  11. laughing boy

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