![]() ![]() “Nothing that happens in this luny-bin,” said Psmith, “has power to surprise me now. Smith leaned against the mantelpiece in the senior day-room at Outwood’s and gave his views on the events of the preceding night, or, rather, of that morning, for it was nearer one than twelve when peace had once more fallen on the school. as reprinted in 1919 by Adam & Charles Black, London: These are the earliest occurrences of loony bin that I have found, in chronological order:ġ to 5: From stories by the English author Pelham Grenville Wodehouse (1881-1975):ġ-: From Mike: A Public School Story (London: Adam & Charles Black, 1909): ![]() – as an adjective: mentally ill extremely foolish or eccentric. – as a noun: a person who is mentally ill an extremely foolish or eccentric person ![]() The expression loony bin is a facetious appellation for a home or hospital for people with mental illnesses.Ī shortened form of lunatic, loony (also looney, luny) means: ![]()
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