Freudian

[Jonathan Lighter]

I've been using "Freudian" in these senses since the early 1960s.

When I first heard about Freud.

JL

On Sat, Aug 20, 2011 at 11:46 AM, victor steinbok <aardvark66 at gmail.com>wrote:

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> There is an adjective and a noun entry in the OED. The adjective is only
> "Of
> or pertaining to Freud or his teaching." There is also "Freudian slip"
> under
> compounds, but no figurative/ironic sense of Freudian.
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> Examples:
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> http://goo.gl/o6m9z
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> > Moreover, "fascinating new phrases like 'it's so Freudian' ... are on
> > everyone's lips" (8) and indeed, Lestat's life story, beginning with "his
> > great and unshakable love" for his mother, Gabrielle, is so "Freudian"
> that
> > one hardly needs to tease out the repressed content (30).
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> http://goo.gl/ogFo6
> p. 79
> New York Magazine. Oct 15, 1984
> Colin Gregg's direction is carefully measured and unobtrusive; he is
> brooding, too, about art and family life, philosophy and love, the
> lighthouse (so male, so phallic, so Freudian) and the sea (rhythmic waves,
> mothering).
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> Certainly, substitution of "Freudian" for "phallic" is quite common.
>
> VS-)
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