Definition: The over manifestations of social intercourse are called “transactions.”
“Transaction” seems to be psycho-speak that’s usually used for an implicit communication between people (like body language or sarcasm). Transactional analysis been used by psychiatrists like Eric Berne when observing people play games with one another in Group Therapy sessions.
In the political world when the teleprompter tells Obama to say “change we can believe in”, Chrissy gets a “thrill up his leg” as he witnesses of the dawning of a new era. Here, Obama’s visionary posturing transacts a secure feeling to Chrissy, and Chrissy’s squeals of delight complete the transaction by reassuring the benevolent authority figure that his dependents are secure in his bosom.
But then there are dangerous moments the stern Obama may may appear. Mubarak is informed that Obama is watching closey. Obama personally warns the farmers not to overcharge for their crops and decrees a “green” Egyptian economy must be undertaken. Chrissy is scared. The thrill up his leg is replaced by a “chill” that shrinks his scrotal sack and causes him to shriek in a soprano voice “there is a transactional quality to the guy that is chilling”. Chrissy’s predicament is not lost upon Barry, who then decides to perform a series of lectures in Cairo Polytech on Medieval Arab Medicine.
Haroldeveryman, I should have read further before I posted. I’m a writer & editor but not a therapist/psychologist/psychiatrist, so that word threw me. Thank you for a very interesting & enlightening post.
Well, if “Chrissy” does indeed possess a “scrotal sac”, I feel quite certain it’s quite empty.