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I'm very happy with the way I look. I wake up some morning, catch myself in the bathroom mirror, and go, 'hey girl, you're alright'. But on the other hand, I find the website stuff, and the polls, something completely removed from my own personal life. You can't take anything like that too seriously, otherwise you'd end up in the loony bin.
Cameron Diaz

Meaning of "loony bin" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF LOONY BIN

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF LOONY BIN

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Loony bin is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES LOONY BIN MEAN IN ENGLISH?

loony bin

Psychiatric hospital

Psychiatric hospitals, are also known as mental hospitals and psychiatric wards when they are a sub-unit of a regular hospital, are hospitals or wards specializing in the treatment of serious mental disorders, such as clinical depression, schizophrenia, and bipolar disorder. Psychiatric hospitals vary widely in their size and grading. Some hospitals may specialize only in short-term or outpatient therapy for low-risk patients. Others may specialize in the temporary or permanent care of residents who, as a result of a psychological disorder, require routine assistance, treatment, or a specialized and controlled environment. Patients are often admitted on a voluntary basis, but people whom psychiatrists believe may pose a significant danger to themselves or others may be subject to involuntary commitment. Modern psychiatric hospitals evolved from, and eventually replaced the older lunatic asylums. The treatment of inmates in early lunatic asylums was sometimes brutal and focused on containment and restraint.

Definition of loony bin in the English dictionary

The definition of loony bin in the dictionary is a mental hospital or asylum.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE LOONY BIN

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WORDS THAT END LIKE LOONY BIN

ash bin
bargain bin
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compost bin
dump bin
flour bin
litter bin
pedal bin
refuse bin
rubbish bin
sin bin
wastepaper bin
wheelie bin
wheely bin

Synonyms and antonyms of loony bin in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «loony bin» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF LOONY BIN

Find out the translation of loony bin to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of loony bin from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «loony bin» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

疯子斌
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

manicomio
570 millions of speakers

English

loony bin
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

दीवाना बिन
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

بن معتوه
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

дурдом
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

hospício
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

লৌনিক বিন
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

asile de fous
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Loony bin
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Klapsmühle
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ルーニービン
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

정신 병원
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Loony bin
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

cái bệnh viện
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

லோகி பின்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

लय बिन
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Alay çantası
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

manicomio
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

wariatkowie
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

дурдом
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

spital de nebuni
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

τρελάδικο
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

Funny bin
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

loony bin
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

galehus
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of loony bin

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «LOONY BIN»

The term «loony bin» is regularly used and occupies the 85.639 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about loony bin

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2 QUOTES WITH «LOONY BIN»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word loony bin.
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Cameron Diaz
I'm very happy with the way I look. I wake up some morning, catch myself in the bathroom mirror, and go, 'hey girl, you're alright'. But on the other hand, I find the website stuff, and the polls, something completely removed from my own personal life. You can't take anything like that too seriously, otherwise you'd end up in the loony bin.
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Desmond Llewelyn
My father died in 1930, but if you told him or anybody almost in that time that you'd be able to sit back in England and watch a cricket game in Australia, they'd have you put in the loony bin.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «LOONY BIN»

Discover the use of loony bin in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to loony bin and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The Loony-Bin Trip
" The Loony-Bin Trip is the powerful, staggeringly personal story of Kate Millett's struggle to regain control of her life after falling under an ascription of manic depression.
Kate Millett, 2000
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Lipstick and Thongs in the Loony Bin
Beginning with a botched suicide attempt, Lipstick and Thongs in the Loony Bin takes the reader on a journey that's at once inspiring, haunting, heartfelt, and hilarious.
Courtney A. Walsh, 2007
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Voluntary Madness: My Year Lost and Found in the Loony Bin
In Norah Vincent's acclaimed first book she described how she spent eighteen months disguised as a man, an experience that ended on a locked ward in a psychiatric hospital.
Norah Vincent, 2009
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Loony Bin
Nothing is what it appears when a devastating injury places Matt Kenny within the confines of Slater State Hospital, an under funded, under staffed, long-term care facility.
Richard Leverone, 2006
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Loony Bin Blues
In this fascinating testimony, author Darrell Sroufe recounts growing up in a home wracked bymental illness; his teen years lost in sex, drugs and rock 'n' roll; and nearly going insane after abad drug trip.
Darrell Sroufe, 2012
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The Loony Bin Blues
Set in Richmond and Williamsburg, Virginia, and on Ocracoke Island, North Carolina, The Loony Bin Blues is the story of a crime gone wrong that turns out to be just the therapy its young perpetrators and their victim need.
Greg Johnson, 2011
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Turning 15 in the Loony Bin
I am convinced that God looked down at this pitiful child and sent an angel of mercy to rescue me from my hell.This is the story of my 6 months stay in the Hudson River State Hospital, the infamous (Poughkeepsie) during the time when insane ...
K. L. Hiatt, 2011
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More Conversations with Eudora Welty
In those days Jackson meant the loony bin." Her own street, back from State, is quiet and slightly elevated. Her father chose the site in part to ease her mother's homesickness, but "my mother never could see the hill." Her childhood home, a ...
Peggy Whitman Prenshaw, 1996
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Harley P. Davidsun's Loony Bin
"Don't read this book if you are nervous about falling off a chair or out of bed when you are reading. This is a very funny story and sure to be a big hit!
Ken Derby, 2013
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The Rushing: Manbaby and the Crooked Road to the Big Time
... in with good intentions. What a surprise! It was a loony bin, but I was determined to follow it through. ... out and sleeping all the time, so I avoided them. Although the nurse stood there to see that you swallowed THE RUSHING 107 Loony Bin.
Don Alberts, 2010

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «LOONY BIN»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term loony bin is used in the context of the following news items.
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Win a copy of acclaimed drama 'Inherent Vice' on Blu-ray
... in a loony bin... well, easy for her to say. With a cast of characters that includes surfers, hustlers, dopers and rockers, a murderous loan shark, ... «TweakTown, Jul 15»
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7 Things You Might Not Know About Harley Quinn - OuterPlaces.com
She snaps, kills some people, and breaks her favorite loony out of the loony bin. She starts to regret what she's done when the Joker takes her ... «Outer Places, Jul 15»
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Edmond comedian to open for Oklahoma legend at Will Rogers …
James immediately fell in love with stand-up comedy after his first open mic night performance at the Loony Bin Comedy Club in Oklahoma City ... «Edmond Sun, Jul 15»
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Andrea Mitchell Tries to Portray Abdulazeez as a Gun Nut
I cannot understate my satisfaction that this communist hag has been demoted to the very edge of the MSM loony bin known as MSNBC. «PJ Media, Jul 15»
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WIN 1 OF 15 COPIES OF 'INHERENT VICE' ON DVD
... boyfriend and a plot by his wife and her boyfriend to kidnap said billionaire and throw him in a loony bin … well let's just say it all starts to get a little peculiar. «Perth Now, Jul 15»
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Pretty Little Liars Recap: Cage Fright -- Vulture
Yes, Radley is like some Tim Burton nightmarescape of an old-timey loony bin, but that doesn't mean Mona and Leslie didn't have legitimate ... «Vulture, Jul 15»
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Edmond comedian to open for Oklahoma legend at the Will Rogers …
James immediately fell in love with stand-up comedy after his first open mic night performance at the Loony Bin Comedy Club in Oklahoma City ... «Edmond Sun, Jul 15»
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Irenka performs at Juanita's
Nashville's Irenka performs at Juanita's, 7 p.m. Comedian Julie Scoggins is at the Loony Bin at 7:30 p.m., $7 (and at 7:30 p.m. and 10 p.m. ... «Arkansas Times, Jul 15»
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Where to buy non-toxic nail polish and shoes like Gigi Hadid's red …
The Dictator rules: I would like to send you to the loony bin, or maybe a hippy commune, but it's my job to help all you crazy folk, so I will indulge ... «South China Morning Post, Jul 15»
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Council Votes To Sue State Over New Redistricting Law
Anyone who believes Trudy Wade has done anything to benefit the African-American community belongs in a loony bin.” Julia Wilson called ... «RhinoTimes.com Greensboro, Jul 15»

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