Asa is buying a gift for his mother, an overbearing woman who is difficult to please. When a clerk asks him who he is shopping for he replies, "my smother" instead of "my mother." What does this exemplify?

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A Freudian slip is an unintentional error regarded as revealing subconscious feelings. Asa's slip from "mother" to "smother" suggests underlying feelings about his mother's overbearing nature.

Asa Is Buying a Gift for His Mother, an Overbearing