adjective coined here
MIND·fuck·ish
Mindfuck-adjacent. Near it, not it — pleasant weirdness rather than vertigo, with the dosage stated honestly on the label.
Pink llamas and a yellow submarine are not a mindfuck. They are mindfuckish.
Etymologymindfuck + -ish, one of the most productive suffixes English has left (childish, bookish, feverish, sheepish).
NoteThe only suffix in this collection whose contribution is subtraction. -ish removes confidence, and most coinages overclaim. Adverb: mindfuckishly.
slot 3 · form 5 · clarity 5 · music 4 → 17/25 · one reader's opinion, ranks nothing