Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

mental hotel

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.58 in modern English

Syllables: men-tal ho-tel
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A mental hospital.

Humorous

Example Sentences

"Before the person calls an ambulance (I only said "without going to jail"...) and has you hauled off to the local mental hotel where all the staff wear those friendly apple coats, thank him for participating in this survey and get the hell out of there!"
"I don't remember directing my post to you Badmanbelair.......... you must have been Kabatoff's roommate at the mental hotel............."
"[M]aybe some nutcase will slaughter your family--see how you feel about that...........yeah I'm sure you would want them to go to a mental hotel as well."
"No Kings in America, but There Are Idiots Aplenty [link to article] zoos are cheaper than mental hotels"
"11 12 you just WON a permanent stay in a mental hotel. Breathe now and try shutting up and love your family because come to find out they all voted for him. LMFAO"

Etymology

As though euphemistic. Piecewise doublet of mental hospital.

Usage

Humorous

Inflected Forms

mental hotels (plural)

Questions

What does mental hotel mean?: A mental hospital.
Where does mental hotel come from?: As though euphemistic. Piecewise doublet of mental hospital.

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