bughouse 的詞源
bughouse(adj.)
1895年,“瘋狂的,瘋狂的”,源自 bug(n.)+ house(n.); 可能最初是流浪漢的行話。作爲名詞,從1891年開始指“瘋狂”,從1898年開始指“瘋人院”。
IT is often the case in the Penitentiary, as well as in the out side world, that men get "wheels in their head," and "talk through their hats." When a "boy" gets in this "offish" state the prisoners call him "buggy" he becomes a bug-a-boo, and to keep him safe so that he can hurt no one, nor destroy himself, he is duly examined, and when adjudged "bugy" is placed for safe keeping in the "Bug House." [Dan J. Morgan, "Historical Lights and Shadows of the Ohio Penitentiary," 1898]
在監獄裏,以及外面的世界裏,經常會出現人們“頭腦發熱”,“胡言亂語”的情況。當一個“小夥子”變得這樣“古怪”時,囚犯們稱他爲“buggy”,他變成了一個妖怪,爲了保護他,使他不會傷害任何人,也不會自毀,他會接受檢查,如果被認定爲“bugy”,就會被安置在“Bug House”裏以確保安全。[丹·J·摩根,“俄亥俄州監獄的歷史光影”,1898年]
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