All 9 Uses of
paranoid
in
It Happened to Nancy
- I'm just being paranoid!†
p. 73.4
- I'm just being morbid and self-centered and paranoid and all the other negative self-serving stuff I don't want to be.†
p. 97.3
- Now I'm being morbid and paranoid and dumb.†
p. 126.9
- Dr. S. always makes me feel better because he's not afraid to hug me and he laughingly tells me I'm a Paranoid Puddle afraid of my shadow.†
p. 134.3
- I am a Scaredy Cat Paranoid Puddle ...I mean ...I was.†
p. 134.7
- It seems like every time I go to his office there are more and more people, but that, of course, is just paranoid me.†
p. 173.7 *
- I'm getting more and more paranoid about everything in life!†
p. 173.7
- I'm just being paranoid.†
p. 207.9
- Part of me knows I'm acting and thinking totally irrationally, insisting on things that are neurotic and paranoid, but at this point in my abnormal life, wouldn't that kind of wacky, abnormal behavior be considered normal?†
p. 209.9
Definitions:
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(1)
(paranoid used casually) excessively suspicious that others want to harm you; or excessively fearful
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(2)
(paranoid used clinically) suffering from a psychological disorder characterized by excessive distrust of others -- thinking "they are out to get me"
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(3)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus