What is a Freudian slip?

Question

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Answer 1

You meant to say one thing, but accidentally slipped and said another--and the thing you actually said reveals what you were thinking. Like, you were trying to say, "What a lovely dress," and you accidentally said, "What a lovely breast."

Answer 2

A Freudian slip, or parapraxia, is an error in speech or memory that is believed to be caused by the unconscious mind. Some errors, such as a woman accidentally calling her husband by the name of the other man with whom she is having an affair, seem to represent relatively clear cases of Freudian slips. In other cases, the error might appear to be trivial or bizarre, but may show some deeper meaning on analysis. A Freudian slip is not limited to a slip of the tongue, or to sexual desires. It can extend to our word perception where we might read a word incorrectly because of our fixations.

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Answer 3

The Freudian slip is named after Sigmund Freud. It is when your 'unconscious mind' causes an error in your memory or speech. Usually it happens during speech. An example would be: Accidentally calling your wife by your girlfriend's name.

Answer 4

A Freudian slip, or parapraxia, is an error in speech or memory that is believed to be caused by the unconscious mind. Some errors, such as a woman accidentally calling her husband by the name of the other man with whom she is having an affair, seem to represent relatively clear cases of Freudian slips. In other cases, the error might appear to be trivial or bizarre, but may show some deeper meaning on analysis. A Freudian slip is not limited to a slip of the tongue, or to sexual desires. It can extend to our word perception where we might read a word incorrectly because of our fixations.

The Freudian slip is named after Sigmund Freud, who described the phenomenon he called faulty action (Fehlleistung or parapraxis) in his 1901 book The Psychopathology of Everyday Life. Freud gives several examples of seemingly trivial, bizarre or nonsensical Freudian slips in Psychopathology; the analysis is often quite lengthy and complex, as was the case with many of the dreams in The Interpretation of Dreams.

Popularization of the term has diluted its technical meaning in some contexts to include any slip-of-the-tongue phenomenon, often in an attempt by the user to humorously assign hidden motives or sexual innuendo to the mistake. It is not clear, however, what Freud considered an "innocent" mistake, or if he thought that there were any innocent mistakes. The enormous quantity of slips analyzed in Psychopathology, many of which are banal or apparently trivial, would seem to indicate that Freud felt almost any seemingly tiny slip or hesitation would respond to analysis.

The most popular way to explain a Freudian slip is "When you say one thing, but mean your mother", a reference to his Oedipus Complex.

Answer 5

Sigmund Freud believed everything we do has some kind of sexual motive. Therefore, if you accidentally say something that could be interpreted as an innuendo it is jokingly referred to as a Freudian slip. But really the joke is Freud himself.

You can read about Freud here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sigmund_Freud

Answer 6

A Freudian slip, or parapraxia, is an error in speech or memory that is believed to be caused by the unconscious mind. Some errors, such as a woman accidentally calling her husband by the name of the other man with whom she is having an affair, seem to represent relatively clear cases of Freudian slips. In other cases, the error might appear to be trivial or bizarre, but may show some deeper meaning on analysis. A Freudian slip is not limited to a slip of the tongue, or to sexual desires. It can extend to our word perception where we might read a word incorrectly because of our fixations.

The Freudian slip is named after Sigmund Freud, who described the phenomenon he called faulty action (Fehlleistung or parapraxis) in his 1901 book The Psychopathology of Everyday Life. Freud gives several examples of seemingly trivial, bizarre or nonsensical Freudian slips in Psychopathology; the analysis is often quite lengthy and complex, as was the case with many of the dreams in The Interpretation of Dreams.

Popularization of the term has diluted its technical meaning in some contexts to include any slip-of-the-tongue phenomenon, often in an attempt by the user to humorously assign hidden motives or sexual innuendo to the mistake. It is not clear, however, what Freud considered an "innocent" mistake, or if he thought that there were any innocent mistakes. The enormous quantity of slips analyzed in Psychopathology, many of which are banal or apparently trivial, would seem to indicate that Freud felt almost any seemingly tiny slip or hesitation would respond to analysis.

The most popular way to explain a Freudian slip is "When you say one thing, but mean your mother", a reference to his Oedipus Complex.

Answer 7

i think it's giving the finger except the freudian slip is the historic term for it and it's the originiated place of the finger.

Answer 8

I see you already have plenty of accurate definitions, so I'll give you the instance I ran into a few days ago. My friend's girlfriend is named Megan. I also have an "M" name. I asked how sex with (insert my name) was. And then wanted to hide as he looked at me like I had 8 heads.

Answer 9

It's a lace slip that old men with white beards wear drinking brandy

Answer 10

where you say something wrong but it relates to something you are thinking.

example
a guy says to a hot girl that will be sex dollars instead of six dollars. Because he is thinking well you get the idea.