head·shrink·er

[hed-shring-ker]
noun Slang.
shrink ( def 9 ).

Origin:
1945–50, Americanism; head + shrink + -er1

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headshrinker (ˈhɛdˌʃrɪŋkə) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
n
1.  slang Often shortened to: shrink a psychoanalyst
2.  a head-hunter who shrinks the heads of his victims

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Headshrinker is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
a stew of meat, vegetables, potatoes, etc.
Example sentences
The tribe's witch doctor, the chief headshrinker, views the invasion of the whites with a sour visage.
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