fort-da
The disappearance and reappearance of an object, especially as a source of pleasure in…The (repeated) disappearance and reappearance of an object, especially as a source of pleasure in child play.
Meaning
1 sensesThe (repeated) disappearance and reappearance of an object, especially as a source of pleasure in child play.
Origin
Borrowed from German fort (“gone”) and da (“there”), exclamations that Sigmund Freud heardBorrowed from German fort (“gone”) and da (“there”), exclamations that Sigmund Freud heard his grandson utter while playing, described in Beyond the Pleasure Principle (1920).
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