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cuckoo's nest

NOUN
  1. pejorative terms for an insane asylum

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  • She points to the Oscar Party Legs, the ones a drunken Jack Nicholson tried to violate after he won for Cuckoo's Nest, and the understated Nonprofit Fundraiser Legs she wore to Jerry Lewis Telethons, and the fake-tanned State Dinner with Reagan and Gorbachev Legs that the Secretary of State made her cover up with a long hemline, because their shade matched Gorbachev's birthmark. Centipede
  • There was, among the many, a hammock-shaped nest of the golden oriole, and igloo-shaped nest of some jungle specimen, a grass-at-all-angles nest of the ouzel, an eagle's nest spacious enough for Thor to hide in, and yes, a cuckoo's nest, which is to say the nest of any other bird the cuckoo finds handy. Another Roadside Attraction
  • It's best known as electroshock therapy, electrically shocking the brain to produce a seizure, a procedure many only know from its portrayal by Jack Nicholson in the movie "One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest. CNN Transcript Feb 19, 2005
  • Forman never returned to his homeland, but the image of Soviet tanks rolling into his country continued to haunt him and echoes throughout his work on One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest.
  • In a comprehensive study called "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest," analysts at CLSA cite new pressures in Asia to "industrialize" food production as a trend that could favor multinationals such as American agribusiness giant Cargill. A Costly Disease
  • Mental illness is kind of romantic in this psychiatric-ward coming-of-ager, which is more Breakfast Club than Cuckoo's Nest. This week's new films
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