mindfuck
/maɪnd.fʌk/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.06 in modern English
20
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Something that intentionally destabilizes, confuses, or manipulates the mind of another person.
Slang
Example Sentences
- "The actual naked fact of Establishment power in the person of the police was a real mindfuck."
- "Well, Cohaagen, I have to hand it to you. It's the best mind-fuck yet."
- "This is a total mindfuck. I guess you know we broke up."
- "It's a mindfuck. It's just lasers and shit, like the haunted house in Disneyland."
- "The first four weeks of basic training were designed to be a total mindfuck. It started from the moment they stepped off the bus and were punished for not knowing how to stand at attention, even though they'd never been taught."
- "Trump, he observes, will “do something, and then present it the very next day as something that is going to have absolutely the opposite effect. And he knows that. It’s a mind-fuck, for want of a better term.”"
Etymology
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /maɪnd.fʌk/
- British English: /maɪnd.fʌk/