different between headfuck vs mindfuck

English

Etymology

head +? fuck

Noun

headfuck (plural headfucks)

1. (slang, vulgar) Anything confusing that interferes with the usual functioning of the brain.

Synonyms

• brainfuck (vulgar), mindfuck (vulgar), mindscrew

Derived terms

• headfuckery

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Anagrams

• fuckhead

English

Alternative forms

• mind-fuck, mind fuck

Etymology

Compound of mind +? fuck.

Pronunciation

• (US, UK) IPA^(key): /ma?nd.f?k/

Noun

mindfuck (plural mindfucks)

1. (slang, vulgar) Something that intentionally destabilizes, confuses or manipulates the mind of another person.

   Synonyms: (vulgar) brainfuck, (vulgar) headfuck, mindscrew

   • 1968 Student Union for Peace Action, Our Generation, p. 66:

     The actual naked fact of Establishment power in the person of the police was a real mindfuck.

   • 1996, Christopher Kyle, the monogamist, p. 53:

     This is a total mindfuck. I guess you know we broke up.

   • 2001, Mick Farren, Darklost, p. 311:

     It's a mindfuck. It's just lasers and shit, like the haunted house in Disneyland.

   • 2006, Ska Child, David Harris, Skavoovee, p. 106:

     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.

Derived terms

• mindfucker
• mindfuckery

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Verb

mindfuck (third-person singular simple present mindfucks, present participle mindfucking, simple past and past participle mindfucked)

1. (slang, vulgar) To intentionally destabilize, confuse or manipulate the mind of another person.
   • 1974, Connie Brissenden, The Factory Lab Anthology, p. 10:

     Two young Canadians get mindfucked by a giant American, but they kill him in the end and then start in on each other.

   • 2003, Adam Gorightly et al., The Prankster and the Conspiracy, p. 136:

     In response to all of this Bavarian Illuminati paranoia, Kerry—in the midst of Garrison's probe — decided to mindfuck Garrison all the more by sending out suggesting that he (Kerry) was an agent of the Bavarian Illuminati.

   • 2007, Jackie Kessler, The Road to Hell, p. 67:

     I hated it when other entities mindfucked me.

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