http://frontierpsychiatrist.co.uk/why-are-psychiatrists-called-shrinks/ Sun, 23 Nov 2008 11:08:58 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 http://frontierpsychiatrist.co.uk/why-are-psychiatrists-called-shrinks/#comment-343 SHP Mon, 14 Apr 2008 15:41:49 +0000 http://frontierpsychiatrist.co.uk/why-are-psychiatrists-called-shrinks/#comment-343 No, it's not. It's just what the OED says, nothing more. Sometimes it's billed as rhyming slag but that's not strictly true. Given that it doesn't rhyme and everything. No, it’s not. It’s just what the OED says, nothing more. Sometimes it’s billed as rhyming slag but that’s not strictly true. Given that it doesn’t rhyme and everything.

]]> http://frontierpsychiatrist.co.uk/why-are-psychiatrists-called-shrinks/#comment-294 Frontier Psychiatrist Wed, 26 Mar 2008 16:13:41 +0000 http://frontierpsychiatrist.co.uk/why-are-psychiatrists-called-shrinks/#comment-294 Maybe, but why would this have come about? There are not many people who would know that this is the name for a class of anti-depressant apart from psychiatrists and pharmacologists. Maybe, but why would this have come about? There are not many people who would know that this is the name for a class of anti-depressant apart from psychiatrists and pharmacologists.

]]> http://frontierpsychiatrist.co.uk/why-are-psychiatrists-called-shrinks/#comment-290 Paul Sat, 22 Mar 2008 02:26:03 +0000 http://frontierpsychiatrist.co.uk/why-are-psychiatrists-called-shrinks/#comment-290 Is ‘trick cyclist' not a play on tricyclic? Is ‘trick cyclist’ not a play on tricyclic?

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