Freudian slip UK /ˌfɹɔɪdɪ.ən ˈslɪp/US /ˌfɹɔɪdi.ən ˈslɪp/ noun1 •A mistake in speech or action in which a person supposedly shows their true subconscious desires.After disposing of these general topics in a chapter entitled "The Manners of All Men" (but which, by some Freudian slip, we suppose, deals chiefly with 'The Impure Man') — 1936 formsFreudian slips