How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms. R. W. Holder. 2014.
laughing academy — n. a mental hospital; an insane asylum. D About four years in the laughing academy would get you straightened out. □ I’m not ready for the laughing academy. A little while longer around here and I will be, though … Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions
List of Alice Academy characters — The following is a list of characters from the anime and manga series, Alice Academy ( Gakuen Alice ). Note: Names are all in Western order (given name before surname). tudents of Elementary School DivisionMikan Sakura*Nicknames: Polka dots,… … Wikipedia
Police Academy (film) — Infobox Film name = Police Academy caption = Police Academy movie poster director = Hugh Wilson producer = Paul Maslansky writer = Neal Israel Pat Proft Hugh Wilson starring = Steve Guttenberg Kim Cattrall G.W. Bailey Bubba Smith Donovan Scott… … Wikipedia
Buffalo Academy of the Sacred Heart — Infobox School2 | name = Buffalo Academy of the Sacred Heart motto = Christus Super Omnia ( Christ Above All ) established = 1870 type = Private, all female head name2 = Religious Affiliation head2 = Roman Catholic, Sisters of St. Francis of… … Wikipedia
Punishment of Luxury — Punishment of Luxury, also known as Punilux was an independent band which existed in the late 1970s and early 1980s.From a background working in left wing English fringe theatre groups, Punishment Of Luxury were a four man post punk band formed… … Wikipedia
Shena Mackay — FRSL (born 1944), is a Scottish novelist born in Edinburgh. She was shortlisted for the Booker Prize for Fiction in 1996 for The Orchard on Fire .BiographyHer writing career started with her winning a poetry competition in the Daily Mirror at age … Wikipedia
Punishment of Luxury — Punishment of Luxury, auch bekannt als Punilux war eine Punkband, die zwischen den späten 70ern und den frühen 80ern existierte. Der Name stammt von einem Gemälde von Giovanni Segantini. Gegründet im Dezember 1976 im Nordosten von England… … Deutsch Wikipedia
asylum — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. retreat, refuge, sanctuary, shelter; home, orphanage, sanitarium, sanatorium; mental hospital, psychopathic ward. See safety, insanity, abode. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. shelter, refuge, safety; see… … English dictionary for students
loony bin — I informal, insane asylum, booby hatch. See insanity. II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) n. Sl. mental health institution, mental health treatment facility, psychiatric hospital, psychiatric ward, recovery center, mental hospital, insane asylum,… … English dictionary for students
madhouse — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. asylum. See insanity. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. mental hospital, state hospital, asylum, insane asylum, lunatic asylum*, looney bin*, bedlam*; see also hospital , sanitarium . III (Roget s 3… … English dictionary for students
