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Acting out(health)

Acting out (health) and flapper (iou)


Acting out (health)


This is the process of expressing unconscious emotional conflicts or feelings via actions rather than words. The person is not consciously aware of the meaning or etiology of such acts. Acting out may be harmful or, in controlled situations, therapeutic (e.g., children's play therapy).







flapper (iou)



flapper noun. L16.
[from FLAP verb + -ER1.]
Something flat to strike with, esp. to make a noise; a fly-swatter. L16.
A person who flaps or strikes another, esp. to get his or her attention. Hence, a reminder. Now rare or obsolete. E18.
A newly fledged wild duck or partridge. Chiefly dial. M18.
Something hanging by one side or working on a hinge; esp. the striking part of a flail, a swingle. L18.
b. A fin or flipper; a crustacean's tail; (slang) the hand. Now rare. M19.
c. An irregular race meeting (cf. FLAPPING 2). slang. E20.
[Perh. from FLAP noun 7, or a fig. use of sense 3.]
a. A young prostitute; an immoral young girl. slang. L19-E20.
b. Orig., a young girl nearing maturity. Later, a young woman (esp. an unconventional or flighty one). colloq. L19.
c. spec. A (fashionable) young woman of the nineteen-twenties and -thirties. colloq. E20.
Comb.: flapper vote (derog., now Hist.) the parliamentary vote granted to women of 21 and over in 1928.
flapperdom,
flapperhood nouns the condition of being a flapper (sense 5b, c) E20.
flapperish adjective characteristic of or like a flapper E20.