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Pilchard123:
I got "loony bin" and "funny farm" from Google as well, which makes sense in context, but also it said it wasn't commonly used so I didn't necessarily trust it.
Farideh:
Ha, my Google search ended up with 'nut house'.
Case:
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--- Quote from: Case on 06 Jul 2020, 15:32 ---Willkommen in der Klapsmühle!
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Welcome to the... slap grinder?
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Pretty much - and yes, it does mean 'bughouse/Asylum' - the idea being that mental illness is likened to having received sold blow(s) to the head, and that therapy in the early psychiatric wards was rather intense (Wikisez the term was coined during WWi).
It's a bit old-fashioned, but by no means uncommon, at least in my neck of the woods.
--- Quote from: Farideh on 07 Jul 2020, 13:57 ---Ha, my Google search ended up with 'nut house'.
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Psst! Guard your lugwrench!
Farideh:
--- Quote from: Case on 07 Jul 2020, 17:38 ---Psst! Guard your lugwrench!
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That reference went straight over my head :o
cybersmurf:
--- Quote from: Case on 07 Jul 2020, 17:38 ---
--- Quote from: Pilchard123 on 07 Jul 2020, 04:43 ---
--- Quote from: Case on 06 Jul 2020, 15:32 ---Willkommen in der Klapsmühle!
--- End quote ---
Welcome to the... slap grinder?
--- End quote ---
Pretty much - and yes, it does mean 'bughouse/Asylum' - the idea being that mental illness is likened to having received sold blow(s) to the head, and that therapy in the early psychiatric wards was rather intense (Wikisez the term was coined during WWi).
It's a bit old-fashioned, but by no means uncommon, at least in my neck of the woods.
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Although not uncommon, ut is rather colloquial these days.
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