This week's theme: eponyms. Freudian slip (FROI-dee-uhn slip) noun
An error that reveals someone's subconscious mind. [After Sigmund Freud (1856-1939), neurologist and founder of psychoanalysis, who proposed the idea.] Today's word in Visual Thesaurus: http://visualthesaurus.com/?w1=freudian+slip -Anu Garg (words at wordsmith.org) "A Freudian slip on a boyfriend's postcard puts Lavigne in a jealous rage because her lover's inscription read, 'I wish you were her' (rather than 'here' -- get it?)." Lavigne Embraces Simplicity; Worcester Telegram & Gazette (Massachusetts); Apr 29, 2007. Sponsored by: Subscribe to any of the French, German, Italian or Spanish Champs-Elysees Audio Magazines and get an extra issue free: http://web.champs-elysees.com/wsmith8 And you? Reach more than half-million readers in this space -- contact us at sponsorsATwordsmith.org (replace AT with @). ............................................................................ The crucial disadvantage of aggression, competitiveness, and skepticism as national characteristics is that these qualities cannot be turned off at five o'clock. -Margaret Halsey, novelist (1910-1997) Looking for word/quotation archives: http://wordsmith.org/awad/archives.html Unsubscribe, change address, etc: http://wordsmith.org/awad/subscriber.html Pronunciation: http://wordsmith.org/words/freudian_slip.wav http://wordsmith.org/words/freudian_slip.ram Permalink: http://wordsmith.org/words/freudian_slip.html This message was sent to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]".
