booby hatch

• Gíria antiga e ofensiva para um hospital psiquiátrico ou instituição psiquiátrica. A expressão é considerada pejorativa e não é mais usada em contextos educados ou profissionais.

An outdated and offensive slang term for a psychiatric hospital or mental institution.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.

   Hospital psiquiátrico (gíria)

   • 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.