madhouse
n 1: pejorative terms for an insane asylum [syn: {Bedlam},
{booby hatch}, {crazy house}, {cuckoo's nest}, {funny
farm}, {funny house}, {loony bin}, {madhouse}, {nut house},
{nuthouse}, {sanatorium}, {snake pit}]
Madhouse \Mad"house`\, n.
1. An house or institution where insane persons are confined;
an insane asylum; a bedlam; -- usually used in a
deprecatory sense.
Syn: Bedlam, booby hatch, crazy house, cuckoo's nest, funny
farm, funny house, insane asylum, loony bin, nuthouse,
sanatorium.
[1913 Webster]
2. Hence: (fig.) A chaotic, raucus or highly disordered
situation.
[PJC]