head-shrinker

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#1·3h ago

(slang) A psychiatrist or psychotherapist; a shrink.

Origin: Originally US, probably by reference to slang terms like “swelled head” for someone with delusions of grandeur; a psychiatrist would remove such delusions, thus figuratively shrinking the patient's swelled head. Origin information sourced from Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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#2·3h ago

(literally) One who shrinks heads, as previously done by some Amazon tribes.

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