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Bughouse

//ˈbʌɡhaʊs// adj, noun, slang

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Crazy, insane. US, slang

    "“Get up and dress. I can stand a rattlesnake, but I hate a liar. Do I have to tell you again?” He caught McGuire by the neck and stood him on the floor. / “Say, friend,” cried McGuire wildly, “are you bughouse? I’m sick—see? I’ll croak if I got to hustle. What’ve I done to yer?”—he began his chronic whine—“I never asked yer to⸺”"

Noun
  1. 1
    A flea-infested hotel, lodging-house etc. US, slang
  2. 2
    A prison. US, slang
  3. 3
    A hospital, especially a lunatic asylum. US, slang

    "Well, he was ready for the bughouse, certainly."

  4. 4
    A cheap and dirty cinema. South-Africa, slang
  5. 5
    Clipping of bughouse chess abbreviation, alt-of, clipping

Etymology

Etymology 1

From bug + house.

Etymology 2

From bug + house.

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