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"ref": "1990 August 31, Amy Hoffman, “\"Crazy\" Or Just Crazy?”, in Gay Community News, volume 18, number 7, page 8",
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"(figurative) Any institution (such as a school, prison, hospital, etc.) run in an inept or inhumane way, or full of hostile or treacherous people."
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