" mentalist "

 [ "mentalist" ]

1: One who is mental - first coined by UK sitcom "I'm Alan Partridge" (Episode 5)

  * e.g.,  ... What are you doing, you mentalist? 

 [ "mentalist" ]

1: Originally a mentalist was an adherent or advocate of a mentalistic school of psychology or psychiatry. Someone who believes that some mental phenomena cannot be explained by physical laws (i.e. telepathy and mind reading).

  * e.g.,  ... "Lee Hicks is a mentalist." 

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2: While a psychic may claim to observe an underlying spiritual reality and report on it, in a process known as a "psychic reading," a mentalist, by contrast, might claim the ability to manipulate that reality in order to create a different manifestation.

  * e.g.,  ... "Darren Brown is an amazing mentalist." 

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3: The term "mentalist" also refers to "psychic" entertainers whose illusions feature the apparent ability to read minds, foretell the future, and see distant and hidden objects. This branch of magic is referred to as "mentalism".

 [ "mentalist" ]

4: "Mentalist" has more recently become a tongue-in-cheek insult for when someone is behaving oddly or wackily, thanks to tv series "Alan Partridge" and "The Office".

 [ "mentalist" ]

1: In backwater police department jargon: (1) a soft file wherein the names, addresses and other vital information about people regarded as having emotional, cognitive and/or behavioral disorders are kept; (2) a soft file containing the names of people who've pissed off police officers to such an extent they have been wrongfully branded as having emotional, cognitive and/or behavioral disorders in order to ensure they'll receive "extra special handling".

  * e.g.,  ... Chief Schultz: Do we like anyone for that vandalism at 1 Civic Center? Deputy Chief Feist: -I don't know, let's consult with the 

 [ "mentalist" ]

1: A person who is mental and proud. The term is not meant in an offencive way and is often used by friends or relatives.

  * e.g.,  ... "OHMIGOD!!! THAT BUNNY LOOKS LIKE A RADISH DWARF!!" 

 [ "mentalist" ]

1: A person with a) a mental disorder, b) a penchant for doing things of a dangerous or "mental" nature

  * e.g.,  ... Fucking fuck off or I'll fuck you up the fucking A-hole you motherfucking fucker - don't you fucking look at me like that you fucking fuckstick, you think I won't fucking kill you, you unclefucking butfucker. Fuck off. What are you? some kind of mentalist? 

 [ "mentalist" ]

1: someone who is interested in mental or spiritual practices.

  * e.g.,  ... "I bet you i could jump over that river" 

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2: someone who is clearly mad and is not ashamed of it. someone who persistantly defies there mates telling them "don't do that you mentalist"

  * e.g.,  ... "Fuck off you mentalist!" 

 [ "The Mentalist" ]

1: American Police Procedural TV series aired on CBS, created by Bruno Heller, starring Simon Baker and Robin Tunney.

  * e.g.,  ... Person 1: I want to watch the best show in the world 

 [ "Mentalist" ]

1: A sci-fi show about a man who can think.

  * e.g.,  ... Have you seen that show Mentalist with Simon Baker? Apparently it's about a man who can think. Move over X-Files. 

 [ "Mentalist" ]

1: A person who follows the religion "Mentalism"

  * e.g.,  ... '"Jess, I need help!" *flaps wrists* 

 [ "Mentalist" ]

2: The requirments to becoming a mentalist are:

  * e.g.,  ... "What is it dear?" 

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3: -to be mental or physically unstable OR be a carer of said people

  * e.g.,  ... "I may or may not, with a slight posability that I might have accidentaly-on purposly, given my sort of not really-boyfriend the idea that I love him" 

 [ "Mentalist" ]

4: -To have the ability to trip over at least 4 times a day over thin air OR be able to tell when a person is about to do so

  * e.g.,  ... "And do you?" 

 [ "Mentalist" ]

5: -To have 3 or more "not my" boyfriends on the go OR to try and keep a person who has from getting to far in (literally) to relationships

  * e.g.,  ... "No, I'm bored and on a sugar rush..." 

 [ "Mentalist" ]

6: -To swear an oath of allience to Iona, the High Queen of the unstables and her carer, Jess, the saviour of the 'tards

  * e.g.,  ... "Well, your in a bit of a Quinkydink aren't you dear"' Quoth the daily conversation of the queen and saviour of the mentalists 

 [ "Mentalist" ]

7: -Use oxymorons a lot

 [ "fundi-mentalist" ]

1: fundi-mentalist, n - one who believes he is in direct mental communication with God, and thus speaks with His voice

  * e.g.,  ... Politicians of the conservative religious variety are typically among the most prominent fundi-mentalists on the planet.