Why are psychiatrist sometimes called "shrinks"? -- Many modern phrases about behavior and personality trace their roots to phrenology, including “highbrow,” “lowbrow,” and “well rounded”

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Head shrinkers. From the cannibal headhunting tribes.

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cannibal comes from cain and abel