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In my former South-West London circles, "mentalist" rarely had the negative connotation you describe. More frequently it was used to refer to someone's (context
by darrenf 5y ago
In my former South-West London circles, "mentalist" rarely had the negative connotation you describe. More frequently it was used to refer to someone's (contextually) outrageous/daft/extreme behaviour.
"You ran 15km before breakfast? You bloody mentalist"
"You carried on drinking even after I left? Mentalist"
and so on.
- unfocussed_mike 5y ago> "You ran 15km before breakfast? You bloody mentalist" "You carried on drinking even after I left? Mentalist" Well some of this I include under high-risk social behaviour I suppose. But it's a good observation. I can't think of a time recently I've heard it used positively.