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"I don't talk about me like a TV show character would to his shrink"
I've heard this alternate usage very rarely, so I couldn't understand what the person means when he/she says it.
I guess this is not the literal meaning of the word 'shrink', which is to reduce in size?
I also read about another usage, where 'shrink' means your psychiatrist or doctor, but the above sentence definitely means something in a different context, not as a doctor but a different meaning. Can someone explain this please?
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"I don't talk about me like a TV show character would to his shrink"
I've heard this alternate usage very rarely, so I couldn't understand what the person means when he/she says it.
I guess this is not the literal meaning of the word 'shrink', which is to reduce in size?
I also read about another usage, where 'shrink' means your psychiatrist or doctor, but the above sentence definitely means something in a different context, not as a doctor but a different meaning. Can someone explain this please?
meaning word-usage idioms phrase-meaning phrase-usage
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Possible duplicate of She was shrink by trade
– sumelic
32 mins ago
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Why are you discounting the possibility of shrink = psychiatrist? Try substituting "shrink" with "psychiatrist" in your sentence: is the interpretation still a mystery?
– Marthaª
18 mins ago
I don't think this is a duplicate. Please check the last paragraph of the question, the word 'shrink' here might have a completely different meaning or reference that isn't 'doctor' or 'psychiatrist'. @sumelic
– Shubham Deshmukh
16 mins ago
Again, why do you believe what you wrote in your last paragraph? Have you looked up the word "shrink" in multiple dictionaries? Do any of them supply any meanings other than "make smaller" and "psychiatrist"?
– Marthaª
14 mins ago
Unless you can give more context, there's no reason to think "shrink" in your sentence means anything other than psychiatrist/psychologist/psychotherapist. That meaning fits the sentence, and it is probably the most common meaning of "shrink" when the word is used as a noun referring to something/someone that can be talked to. "To reduce in size" is the definition for "shrink" as a verb.
– sumelic
13 mins ago
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"I don't talk about me like a TV show character would to his shrink"
I've heard this alternate usage very rarely, so I couldn't understand what the person means when he/she says it.
I guess this is not the literal meaning of the word 'shrink', which is to reduce in size?
I also read about another usage, where 'shrink' means your psychiatrist or doctor, but the above sentence definitely means something in a different context, not as a doctor but a different meaning. Can someone explain this please?
meaning word-usage idioms phrase-meaning phrase-usage
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"I don't talk about me like a TV show character would to his shrink"
I've heard this alternate usage very rarely, so I couldn't understand what the person means when he/she says it.
I guess this is not the literal meaning of the word 'shrink', which is to reduce in size?
I also read about another usage, where 'shrink' means your psychiatrist or doctor, but the above sentence definitely means something in a different context, not as a doctor but a different meaning. Can someone explain this please?
meaning word-usage idioms phrase-meaning phrase-usage
meaning word-usage idioms phrase-meaning phrase-usage
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Possible duplicate of She was shrink by trade
– sumelic
32 mins ago
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Why are you discounting the possibility of shrink = psychiatrist? Try substituting "shrink" with "psychiatrist" in your sentence: is the interpretation still a mystery?
– Marthaª
18 mins ago
I don't think this is a duplicate. Please check the last paragraph of the question, the word 'shrink' here might have a completely different meaning or reference that isn't 'doctor' or 'psychiatrist'. @sumelic
– Shubham Deshmukh
16 mins ago
Again, why do you believe what you wrote in your last paragraph? Have you looked up the word "shrink" in multiple dictionaries? Do any of them supply any meanings other than "make smaller" and "psychiatrist"?
– Marthaª
14 mins ago
Unless you can give more context, there's no reason to think "shrink" in your sentence means anything other than psychiatrist/psychologist/psychotherapist. That meaning fits the sentence, and it is probably the most common meaning of "shrink" when the word is used as a noun referring to something/someone that can be talked to. "To reduce in size" is the definition for "shrink" as a verb.
– sumelic
13 mins ago
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Possible duplicate of She was shrink by trade
– sumelic
32 mins ago
1
Why are you discounting the possibility of shrink = psychiatrist? Try substituting "shrink" with "psychiatrist" in your sentence: is the interpretation still a mystery?
– Marthaª
18 mins ago
I don't think this is a duplicate. Please check the last paragraph of the question, the word 'shrink' here might have a completely different meaning or reference that isn't 'doctor' or 'psychiatrist'. @sumelic
– Shubham Deshmukh
16 mins ago
Again, why do you believe what you wrote in your last paragraph? Have you looked up the word "shrink" in multiple dictionaries? Do any of them supply any meanings other than "make smaller" and "psychiatrist"?
– Marthaª
14 mins ago
Unless you can give more context, there's no reason to think "shrink" in your sentence means anything other than psychiatrist/psychologist/psychotherapist. That meaning fits the sentence, and it is probably the most common meaning of "shrink" when the word is used as a noun referring to something/someone that can be talked to. "To reduce in size" is the definition for "shrink" as a verb.
– sumelic
13 mins ago
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Possible duplicate of She was shrink by trade
– sumelic
32 mins ago
Possible duplicate of She was shrink by trade
– sumelic
32 mins ago
1
1
Why are you discounting the possibility of shrink = psychiatrist? Try substituting "shrink" with "psychiatrist" in your sentence: is the interpretation still a mystery?
– Marthaª
18 mins ago
Why are you discounting the possibility of shrink = psychiatrist? Try substituting "shrink" with "psychiatrist" in your sentence: is the interpretation still a mystery?
– Marthaª
18 mins ago
I don't think this is a duplicate. Please check the last paragraph of the question, the word 'shrink' here might have a completely different meaning or reference that isn't 'doctor' or 'psychiatrist'. @sumelic
– Shubham Deshmukh
16 mins ago
I don't think this is a duplicate. Please check the last paragraph of the question, the word 'shrink' here might have a completely different meaning or reference that isn't 'doctor' or 'psychiatrist'. @sumelic
– Shubham Deshmukh
16 mins ago
Again, why do you believe what you wrote in your last paragraph? Have you looked up the word "shrink" in multiple dictionaries? Do any of them supply any meanings other than "make smaller" and "psychiatrist"?
– Marthaª
14 mins ago
Again, why do you believe what you wrote in your last paragraph? Have you looked up the word "shrink" in multiple dictionaries? Do any of them supply any meanings other than "make smaller" and "psychiatrist"?
– Marthaª
14 mins ago
Unless you can give more context, there's no reason to think "shrink" in your sentence means anything other than psychiatrist/psychologist/psychotherapist. That meaning fits the sentence, and it is probably the most common meaning of "shrink" when the word is used as a noun referring to something/someone that can be talked to. "To reduce in size" is the definition for "shrink" as a verb.
– sumelic
13 mins ago
Unless you can give more context, there's no reason to think "shrink" in your sentence means anything other than psychiatrist/psychologist/psychotherapist. That meaning fits the sentence, and it is probably the most common meaning of "shrink" when the word is used as a noun referring to something/someone that can be talked to. "To reduce in size" is the definition for "shrink" as a verb.
– sumelic
13 mins ago
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Possible duplicate of She was shrink by trade
– sumelic
32 mins ago
1
Why are you discounting the possibility of shrink = psychiatrist? Try substituting "shrink" with "psychiatrist" in your sentence: is the interpretation still a mystery?
– Marthaª
18 mins ago
I don't think this is a duplicate. Please check the last paragraph of the question, the word 'shrink' here might have a completely different meaning or reference that isn't 'doctor' or 'psychiatrist'. @sumelic
– Shubham Deshmukh
16 mins ago
Again, why do you believe what you wrote in your last paragraph? Have you looked up the word "shrink" in multiple dictionaries? Do any of them supply any meanings other than "make smaller" and "psychiatrist"?
– Marthaª
14 mins ago
Unless you can give more context, there's no reason to think "shrink" in your sentence means anything other than psychiatrist/psychologist/psychotherapist. That meaning fits the sentence, and it is probably the most common meaning of "shrink" when the word is used as a noun referring to something/someone that can be talked to. "To reduce in size" is the definition for "shrink" as a verb.
– sumelic
13 mins ago