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- 1. a psychiatric hospital: informal "he should be taken off to the funny farm"
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THE FUNNY FARM definition: 1. sometimes used in a humorous or offensive way to refer to a hospital for mentally ill people…. Learn more.
From the slang use of the word ‘funny’ to mean weird, unusual and the description of mad people as ‘funny in the head’. An early citation of ‘funny farm’ is in John Knowles’ novel, set in Hew Hampshire, USA – A Separate Peace, 1959: “You might start to believe it, then I’d have to make a reservation for you at the Funny Farm.”
The phrase 'Funny Farm' refers to a psychiatric hospital or insane asylum. Example of Use: “If you don’t stop acting so weird, they’re going to send you to the funny farm.”
noun. slang. : a psychiatric hospital. Word History. First Known Use. 1950, in the meaning defined above. Time Traveler. The first known use of funny farm was in 1950. See more words from the same year. Dictionary Entries Near funny farm. funny car. funny farm. funnyman. See More Nearby Entries. Cite this Entry. Style. “Funny farm.”
Definition of funny farm noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
Farm colonies as part of a hospital system in the United States date back to 1885 and were intended for the chronic, harmless insane - no doubt this is how the term "funny farm" became associated with mental institutions
THE FUNNY FARM meaning: 1. sometimes used in a humorous or offensive way to refer to a hospital for mentally ill people…. Learn more.
