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View synonyms for rubber room
rubber room
noun
- Informal. a room padded with foam rubber for the confinement of a violent mentally ill person.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of rubber room1
First recorded in 1975–80
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Example Sentences
And while I knew many strange, different, obscure and absurd stories were out there in the burgeoning canon of Asian American indie film, they’ve traditionally been treated to festival showcases and critical golf-claps, then ushered out into the rubber room of history.
From Washington Post
Lindsey Graham will probably soon be an inmate in a rubber room, or wearing orange.
From Salon
“That’s rubber room stuff,” Mr. Pence told him, as Mr. Jacob recalled.
From New York Times
Jacob said Pence described Eastman’s response as “rubber room stuff.”
From Washington Post
When Pence was told of this days later, he told Jacob, “that’s rubber room stuff,” according to Jacob’s testimony.
From Slate
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