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mental hotel

mental hotel noun: a mental hospital.

Noun

mental hotel (plural mental hotels)

  1. (humorous, rare) A mental hospital.
    • Before the person calls an ambulance (I only said "without going to jail"...) and has you hauled off to the local mental hotel where all the staff wear those friendly apple coats, thank him for participating in this survey and get the hell out of there!1995 June 16, BYP D J CG, “rEALITY: wHAT a cONCEPT (pART oNE)”, in rec.arts.sf.fandom (Usenet), archived from the original on 04 Jan 2026
    • I don't remember directing my post to you Badmanbelair.......... you must have been Kabatoff's roommate at the mental hotel.............2003 March 3, Ozzie, “April Lynn Leonard - Dead At Age 19”, in calgary.general (Usenet), archived from the original on 04 Jan 2026

Examples of mental hotel in a sentence

  • [M]aybe some nutcase will slaughter your family--see how you feel about that...........yeah I'm sure you would want them to go to a mental hotel as well.2006 August 4, Kitty, “ Re: Andrea Yates found Not Guilty of drowning her five children”, in alt.support.childfree (Usenet), archived from...
  • No Kings in America, but There Are Idiots Aplenty [link to article] zoos are cheaper than mental hotels2025 October 19, @tonymcc57257826, X (post), archived from the original on 04 Jan 2026:
  • 11 12 you just WON a permanent stay in a mental hotel.2025 December 29, @Michael55421965, X (post), archived from the original on 04 Jan 2026:

Forms of mental hotel

pluralmental hotels

Origin of mental hotel

As though euphemistic. Piecewise doublet of mental hospital.

Questions about mental hotel

What does mental hotel mean?
Mental hotel means a mental hospital.
How do you use mental hotel in a sentence?
[M]aybe some nutcase will slaughter your family--see how you feel about that...........yeah I'm sure you would want them to go to a mental hotel as well.
What part of speech is mental hotel?
Mental hotel is a noun.
What is the plural of mental hotel?
The plural of mental hotel is mental hotels.

Words near mental hotel in the dictionary

  1. mental health day
  2. mental health days
  3. mental healthcare
  4. mental hospital
  5. mental hospitals
  6. mental hotel
  7. mental hotels
  8. mental hygiene
  9. mental illness
  10. mental illnesses
  11. mental image

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