See also Boggles the Mind, which plays mostly the same role in a different context. Compare and contrast with the Fauxdian Slip, in which a character wants to openly express what the character making the Freudian slip is holding back on. Contrast Lampshaded Double Entendre, which is quite intentional. Often these turn out to be Innuendoes or other sexual references, both for Rule of Funny and to give the characters an opportunity to observe that Freud Was Right.Ĭompare That Came Out Wrong and Accidental Innuendo, which are usually completely innocent and not noticed until someone says ' Heh Heh, You Said 'X'' or ' That's What She Said'. What the Freudian slip hides is called Shadow Archetype. Contrast and compare (respectively): Last-Second Word Swap, Ignore the Disability. Taken to extremes, it becomes a Freudian Slippery Slope.
As such, it's a perfect tool for the comedy writer.Ī specific form of faux pas, which usually leads to Verbal Backspace. It is an involuntary word substitution that supposedly reveals something you're repressing, hiding, or simply trying not to talk about.
A Freudian Slip is, as one wag has put it, 'when you say one thing and mean your mother'.
