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Freudian slip



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Was this headline on an economics story a Freudian slip — and perhaps also a Friedmanian slip?

From Salon • Feb. 20, 2023

Media Research Center commentator Patrick Taylor asked: “Nonsensical word salad, Freudian slip, or legitimately concerning political argument?”

From Washington Times • Jul. 25, 2022

Many commentators diagnosed a Freudian slip: the ex-president’s guilty conscience had reared up, unbidden.

From New York Times • Jun. 8, 2022

Or you can hear it as a Freudian slip.

From The Guardian • Feb. 10, 2019

I just found a cute little Freudian slip in these notes and—" "Shut up.

From Ten From Infinity by Fairman, Paul W.



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