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pothouse 

crackpot + madhouse.

'Pothouse' was a word coined, I think, by Ginger Barwick - Bravado merchandiser and wide-boy to the stars. I can only assume it comes from a mixture of 'crackpot' and 'madhouse' and is used to describe those of a slightly unstable nature.
There you go folks. First-class, grade A example of a pothouse. Bad spelling and all.........;-)
pothouse by RRS September 16, 2007
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Da outdoor WC where ya make unruly/argumentative guests go to sulkily "cool off" after creating needless unpleasantness.
Many people become antisocial after having "downed a few", and so sending them to da pouthouse can "serve double-duty" --- it allows them to both sober up a bit and be already right near da porcelain throne when they'll need to take a whiz after imbibing so liberally.
pouthouse by QuacksO December 12, 2019
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poohouse 

A slang word meaning 'anus', poohouse is a somewhat less graphic version of the word 'shithouse'. Used chiefly in Wigan - and was probably invented there
'Choo! Choo! All aboard to that man's poohouse'

Poohouse 

A Group of rotten apple cores
Batman had a Collection of Poohouse
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Fogey/fogy /fougi/ sl. (early 18C+, orig. Scot) old-fashioned, stuck-in-the mud.
Person with old fashioned ideas which he is unwilling to change: Come to the disco and stop being such an old fogey!
You think me an old fogeyand an old tory, his thoughtful voice said. I saw three generations since O’Connel’s time. I remember the famine. Do you know that the orange lodges agitated for repeal of the union twenty years before O’Connel did or before the prelates of your communion denounced him as a demagogue? You fenians forget some things. (James Joyce, Ulysses. Penguin Books,1992. p. 38)
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That dude’s such a pitpig, I have to wear deodorant to keep him at bay.
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