Slang an insane asylum
Origin of bughouse
bug (noun) in extended use, crazy person + houseSlang insane
bughouse
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bughouse
Offensive Slang
noun
An institution for the mentally ill.
adjective
Mentally deranged; crazy.
Origin of bughouse
Probably from bug enthusiastTHE AMERICAN HERITAGE® DICTIONARY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE, FIFTH EDITION by the Editors of the American Heritage Dictionaries. Copyright © 2016, 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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Noun
(plural bughouses)
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