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"Shrink"
April 15, 2016 at 5:31 pm
I wonder why do you Americans call your psychologists "shrinks"? I Googled that word but I couldn't find an answer why. All I found was an explanation it's some sort of an insult to those who practice that profession.
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RE: "Shrink"
April 15, 2016 at 5:32 pm
Head Shrinker. I don't think it's meant to be an insult.
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RE: "Shrink"
April 15, 2016 at 5:36 pm
"Shrink" is a verb meaning to make something smaller. That's why this word puzzles me - what is it that needs to be made smaller in psychology? I don't get it.
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RE: "Shrink"
April 15, 2016 at 5:41 pm
In the 1940's "mind blower" was not politically correct.
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RE: "Shrink"
April 15, 2016 at 5:54 pm (This post was last modified: April 15, 2016 at 7:38 pm by Athene.)
I always figured it was because they shrink themselves in order to "get inside your head".
It was just a guess, though.
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RE: "Shrink"
April 15, 2016 at 5:59 pm
I've given up on getting to the deeper meanings of any word we use in our daily conversations. I have a hard time figuring out where some words in my own language are coming from. Just recently I learned the true origin of one of our proverbs and how it came to be. Took me more than 50 years of using it without giving it any second thought.
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RE: "Shrink"
April 15, 2016 at 6:15 pm
(April 15, 2016 at 5:36 pm)rado84 Wrote: "Shrink" is a verb meaning to make something smaller. That's why this word puzzles me - what is it that needs to be made smaller in psychology? I don't get it.

http://www.worldwidewords.org/qa/qa-shr1.htm
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RE: "Shrink"
April 15, 2016 at 6:17 pm
(April 15, 2016 at 6:15 pm)Mermaid Wrote:
(April 15, 2016 at 5:36 pm)rado84 Wrote: "Shrink" is a verb meaning to make something smaller. That's why this word puzzles me - what is it that needs to be made smaller in psychology? I don't get it.

http://www.worldwidewords.org/qa/qa-shr1.htm

Seems logical.
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RE: "Shrink"
April 15, 2016 at 6:45 pm
nuff said:

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RE: "Shrink"
April 15, 2016 at 9:46 pm (This post was last modified: April 15, 2016 at 9:47 pm by account_inactive.)
A lot of people in Britain call them shrinks too.
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