Freudian slip
Example Sentences
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There are Freudian slips and there’s what former president George W. Bush said during a speech last May.
From Washington Post
In a Saturday video address, Ms. Harris made what was either a misstatement or a Freudian slip by referring to a potential “Harris administration.”
From Washington Times
Many on social media questioned whether Harris' misstatement was a "Freudian slip" as critics of the Biden candidacy insist that former VP is a placeholder for the liberal senator.
From Fox News
Earlier this month, the TV journalist Robert Peston called people who live in some care homes “inmates”, which is quite a Freudian slip.
From The Guardian
Like a Freudian slip, they tell people things about us we would rather they didn’t know.
From The Guardian
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