booby hatch

• Veralteter und abwertender umgangssprachlicher Ausdruck für eine psychiatrische Klinik oder Anstalt. Der Begriff gilt als herabsetzend und wird im höflichen oder fachlichen Kontext nicht mehr verwendet.

An outdated and offensive slang term for a psychiatric hospital or mental institution. The phrase is considered derogatory and is no longer used in polite or professional contexts.

1. Psychiatric hospital (slang)C1slangamerican

   An informal and often derogatory term for a mental hospital or psychiatric institution.

   Klapse (Slang)

   • After his breakdown, they sent him to the booby hatch.
   • The movie is set in a creepy old booby hatch.
   • He joked that his office felt like a booby hatch.