Why are psychirists called shrinks?

anyone know

???

Bcz they shrink your illness lol

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ap’s shrink willies according to some sz members here…the ap’s turn our pee pees into tiny tim’s

I always thought it came from the tribes that would use shrunken heads in their relgious rituals. Had a look on the wiki - and that wasnt forthcoming.

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i must google it myself now

shrink

/ʃrɪŋk/


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verb

3rd person present: shrinks

become or make smaller in size or amount.

“the workforce shrank to a thousand”

Similar:

get smaller

become/grow smaller

contract

diminish

lessen

reduce

decrease

dwindle

narrow

shorten

slim

decline

fall off

drop off

condense

deflate

shrivel

wither

make smaller

truncate

abbreviate

slim down

pare down

concentrate

abridge

compress

squeeze

Opposite:

expand

increase

move back or away, especially because of fear or disgust.

“she shrank away from him, covering her face”

Similar:

draw back

recoil

jump back

spring back

jerk back

pull back

start back

back away

retreat

withdraw

flinch

shy away

blench

start

wince

cringe

cower

quail

noun

INFORMAL

plural noun: shrinks

  1. a psychiatrist.

“you should see a shrink”

Translations, word origin and more definitions

Definitions from Oxford Languages

thats true actually. shrink refers to a witch doctor in ancient times

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the film…’'honey I shrink the kids

Because they all have bad haircuts.

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It’s just a silly slang. It used to be thrown around a lot because people believed they shrinked your brains!

:brain:

I think because some mental patients have delusions of grandeur and have big egos. So the psychiatrist shrink your ego to insignificant.

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Plastic couches lol

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