Meanings
plural mental hotels
- humorousrareA mental hospital.
No Kings in America, but There Are Idiots Aplenty [link to article] zoos are cheaper than mental hotels
2025 October 19, @tonymcc57257826, X (post), archived from the original on 04 Jan 20264 more examples
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!
1995 June 16, BYP D J CG, “rEALITY: wHAT a cONCEPT (pART oNE)”, in rec.arts.sf.fandom (Usenet), archived from the original on 04 Jan 2026I don't remember directing my post to you Badmanbelair.......... you must have been Kabatoff's roommate at the mental hotel.............
2003 March 3, Ozzie, “April Lynn Leonard - Dead At Age 19”, in calgary.general (Usenet), archived from the original on 04 Jan 2026[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.
2006 August 4, Kitty, “ Re: Andrea Yates found Not Guilty of drowning her five children”, in alt.support.childfree (Usenet), archived from the original on 04 Jan 202611 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
2025 December 29, @Michael55421965, X (post), archived from the original on 04 Jan 2026
Synonyms & antonyms
Origin
As though euphemistic. Piecewise doublet of mental hospital.
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mental hotel. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mental%20hotel
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