Freudian slip
Example Sentences
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Was this headline on an economics story a Freudian slip — and perhaps also a Friedmanian slip?
From Salon ● Feb. 20, 2023
Media Research Center commentator Patrick Taylor asked: “Nonsensical word salad, Freudian slip, or legitimately concerning political argument?”
From Washington Times ● Jul. 25, 2022
Many commentators diagnosed a Freudian slip: the ex-president’s guilty conscience had reared up, unbidden.
From New York Times ● Jun. 8, 2022
Or you can hear it as a Freudian slip.
From The Guardian ● Feb. 10, 2019
I just found a cute little Freudian slip in these notes and—" "Shut up.
From Ten From Infinity by Paul W. Fairman
