Freudian slip
PRONUNCIATION:
(FROI-dee-uhn slip) 
MEANING:
noun: An error that reveals someone's subconscious mind.
For example, "I wish you were her" instead of "I wish you were here."
For example, "I wish you were her" instead of "I wish you were here."
ETYMOLOGY:
After Sigmund Freud (1856-1939), neurologist and founder of psychoanalysis, who proposed the idea that errors in speech, writing, etc. reveal what is in one's subconscious mind. Earliest documented use: 1959.
USAGE:
"The Freudian slip is invoked to explain some strange and embarrassing behavior. 'Nice to beat you,' smiles a woman when she meets the ex-girlfriend of her husband."
Jena Pincott; Terrorized by the Tongue; Psychology Today (New York); Mar/Apr 2012.
Jena Pincott; Terrorized by the Tongue; Psychology Today (New York); Mar/Apr 2012.
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