"checkup from the neck up" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: checkups from the neck up [plural]
Etymology: Chosen for the rhyme. Head templates: {{en-noun|checkups from the neck up}} checkup from the neck up (plural checkups from the neck up)
  1. (informal, humorous) The analysis of one's own thoughts or beliefs with a view to reforming oneself. Tags: humorous, informal
    Sense id: en-checkup_from_the_neck_up-en-noun-~1q9n3Yz Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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    {
      "form": "checkups from the neck up",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
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        "1": "checkups from the neck up"
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      "name": "en-noun"
    }
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  "pos": "noun",
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          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
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        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The analysis of one's own thoughts or beliefs with a view to reforming oneself."
      ],
      "id": "en-checkup_from_the_neck_up-en-noun-~1q9n3Yz",
      "links": [
        [
          "humorous",
          "humorous"
        ],
        [
          "analysis",
          "analysis"
        ],
        [
          "thought",
          "thought"
        ],
        [
          "belief",
          "belief"
        ],
        [
          "reform",
          "reform"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(informal, humorous) The analysis of one's own thoughts or beliefs with a view to reforming oneself."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "humorous",
        "informal"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "checkup from the neck up"
}
{
  "etymology_text": "Chosen for the rhyme.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "checkups from the neck up",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "checkups from the neck up"
      },
      "expansion": "checkup from the neck up (plural checkups from the neck up)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
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        "English countable nouns",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English humorous terms",
        "English informal terms",
        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English nouns",
        "English rhyming phrases",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The analysis of one's own thoughts or beliefs with a view to reforming oneself."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "humorous",
          "humorous"
        ],
        [
          "analysis",
          "analysis"
        ],
        [
          "thought",
          "thought"
        ],
        [
          "belief",
          "belief"
        ],
        [
          "reform",
          "reform"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(informal, humorous) The analysis of one's own thoughts or beliefs with a view to reforming oneself."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "humorous",
        "informal"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "checkup from the neck up"
}

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