Freudian slip
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The Freudian slip is named after Sigmund Freud, who described the phenomenon he called faulty action (Fehlleistung or parapraxis) in his 1901 book The Psychopathology of Everyday Life.

The Freudian slip is an error in human action, speech or memory that is believed to be caused by the unconscious mind. The error often appears to the observer as being casual, bizarre or nonsensical.

Popularization of the term has diluted its technical meaning in some contexts to include any slip-of-the-tongue phenomenon, often in an attempt by the user to humorously assign hidden motives or sexual innuendo to the mistake or blooper. This is particularly common with names, as when a speaker calls a listener by the wrong name.

Thus, in everyday usage, Freudian slip has come to mean a slip of the tongue that reveals the speaker's true meaning or intention.

Although not all human errors can be technically attributed to Freudian slips, such behavior is often analyzed on the basis that they may be. "Sometimes the truth has a way of coming out in the most embarrassing and unexpected ways." This may be true in many cases, but such analysis should be treated with skepticism.


Reader's Digest version: You were talking about the fiance, but were thinking about the g/f, thus saying g/f instead of fiance.
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