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General Slang
Freud Squad
· noun · medical
Affectionate hospital nickname for the psychiatry team.
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What the rest of the hospital calls the psychiatry department when they roll in for a consult. Half mockery, half affection — psych gets ribbed for the long interviews, the soft voices, and the fact that nobody else wants to manage the agitated patient in bed 4.
“Call the Freud Squad — this guy's been talking to the curtain for an hour.”
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Freud Squad In A Sentence
Call the Freud Squad — this guy's been talking to the curtain for an hour.
Origin & Usage
American hospital slang popularised by Samuel Shem's 1978 novel The House of God, which catalogued a whole generation of intern jargon.
Variants
the Freud squad
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