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  • noun pejorative terms for an insane asylum

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  • Hinty, minty, cuty, corn,

    Apple seed, and apple thorn,

    Wire, briar, limber lock,

    Three geese in a flock.

    One flew east, and one flew west,

    One flew over the cuckoo's nest.

    - traditional.

    November 4, 2008