Shrinks

SQ · Post by SQ » Sun Nov 02, 2003 8:48 pm

I know "shrink" is slang for "counselor", but how did this come to be?

Why did counselors earn that name?
What does shrinking have to do with counseling?

Moonlight Soldier · Post by **Moonlight Soldier** » Sun Nov 02, 2003 8:49 pm

Shrink is slang for a psycologist....(I think so anyways) ...how that came to be I have no idea.

Gaikotsu · Post by **Gaikotsu** » Sun Nov 02, 2003 8:52 pm

http://www.wordorigins.org/index.htm wrote: Shrink

Why is a psychiatrist called a shrink? The term is a clipping of headshrinker, a US slang term that dates to 1950. It is based on a metaphor that evokes the image of a head-hunter who preserves shrunken heads. The idea is that a psychiatrist or psychoanalyst messes or screws with your head.

Moonlight Soldier · Post by **Moonlight Soldier** » Sun Nov 02, 2003 8:58 pm

Brilliant, I like that definition...Good job!

NME · Post by **NME** » Mon Nov 03, 2003 12:04 am

Then you corner them and gag them with your socks.
AND STAB THEM WITH THE PENCILS THAT THEY KEEP IN THEIR PENCIL DRAWER

OVER AND OVER AGAIN UN TIL THE FLOOR IS SOAKED IN BLOOD AND FECES.

TallonKarrde23 · Post by **TallonKarrde23** » Mon Nov 03, 2003 12:05 am

what if they only have a pen drawer?

Kamoc · Post by **Kamoc** » Mon Nov 03, 2003 12:24 am

the sulk wrote:don't make me angry. i won't like myself when i'm angry.