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Freudian slip |
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Freudian slip any action, such as a slip of the tongue, that may reveal an unconscious thought Freudian slip [¦frȯid·ē·ən ′slip] (psychology) A verbal mistake that suggests some underlying motive, often sexual or aggressive in nature. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| Wente's observations-whether a Freudian slip or not--came in her final sentence, "But the bang it (the pill) made was bigger than the atom bomb. Mark Rosenbaum of the American Civil Liberties Union got it right when, in a Freudian slip, he summarized his argument as ``the strongest case that has ever been in this circus. Preserving Disorder," a chapter named for Daley's famously Freudian slip about his cops, documents how little he understood either law or order. |
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