head-shrinker
head-shrinker · head-shrinkers
A psychiatrist or psychotherapistA psychiatrist or psychotherapist; a shrink.
Значення
значень: 2(сленг)A psychiatrist or psychotherapist; a shrink.
(буквально)One who shrinks heads, as previously done by some Amazon tribes.
a savage who cuts off and preserves the heads of enemies as trophies
Походження
Originally US, probably by reference to slang terms like “swelled head” for someone with dOriginally US, probably by reference to slang terms like “swelled head” for someone with delusions of grandeur; a psychiatrist would remove such delusions, thus figuratively shrinking the patient's swelled head.
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множина: head-shrinkersСиноніми
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- a savage who cuts off and preserves the heads of enemies as trophies:headhunter
- a physician who specializes in psychiatry:psychiatristshrink