diagnonsense

English

Etymology

Blend of diagnosis +‎ nonsense

Noun

diagnonsense (uncountable)

1. (medicine, humorous, somewhat derogatory) An inaccurate, incorrect, or nonsensical diagnosis, particularly in the field of psychiatry.
   • 1999, James Mangold (director), Girl, Interrupted, spoken by supporting actress (Winona Ryder):

     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?

   • 2009, Erica Rivera, Insatiable - A Young Mother's Struggle with Anorexia:

     Her diagnonsense? I'm in the midst of "The dark night of the soul."

   • 2010, David M. Allen, How Dysfunctional Families Spur Mental Disorders, page 175:

     She said, "There was a lot of diagnonsense going on around there." Out of the mouths of babes ...

   • 2013, Christopher Tenney, Redemption II, page 20:

     "Hey Doc, what's the diagnonsense." O'Leary says.

   • 2015, Erik Cloud, The New Age Bible:

     This book by no means is I giving any of my diagnonsense predetermined medical/mental conditions any credibility through transference to literature legally ...

   • 2017, Chris Urquhart, Dirty Kids - Chasing Freedom with America's Nomads:

     "Diagnonsense is more like it," she jokes. She is clear and eloquent, with quick eyes that are growing kinder.