diagnonsense

diagnonsense noun: an inaccurate, incorrect, or nonsensical diagnosis, particularly in the field of psychiatry.

Noun

diagnonsense (uncountable)

(derogatory, humorous) An inaccurate, incorrect, or nonsensical diagnosis, particularly in the field of psychiatry.
- Then what's wrong with me, huh? What the fuck is going on inside my head? Tell me, Dr. Val, what's your diag-nonsense?1999, James Mangold (director), Girl, Interrupted, spoken by supporting actress (Winona Ryder)
- Her diagnonsense? I'm in the midst of "The dark night of the soul."2009, Erica Rivera, Insatiable - A Young Mother's Struggle with Anorexia

She said, "There was a lot of diagnonsense going on around there." Out of the mouths of babes ...2010, David M. Allen, How Dysfunctional Families Spur Mental Disorders, page 175:
"Hey Doc, what's the diagnonsense." O'Leary says.2013, Christopher Tenney, Redemption II, page 20:
This book by no means is I giving any of my diagnonsense predetermined medical/mental conditions any credibility through transference to literature legally ...2015, Erik Cloud, The New Age Bible:
"Diagnonsense is more like it," she jokes.2017, Chris Urquhart, Dirty Kids - Chasing Freedom with America's Nomads:

Blend of diagnosis + nonsense.

What does diagnonsense mean?: Diagnonsense means an inaccurate, incorrect, or nonsensical diagnosis, particularly in the field of psychiatry.
How do you use diagnonsense in a sentence?: She said, "There was a lot of diagnonsense going on around there." Out of the mouths of babes ...
What part of speech is diagnonsense?: Diagnonsense is a noun.

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