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:([[Fr]]. ''[[slip|{{Top}}glisser]]'' [vb], ''[[slip|glissement]]'' [n.])|}

[[Lacan]] uses the verb "[[slip]]" -- and its corresponding noun, "[[slip|slippage]]" -- to describe the unstable [[relationship ]] between the [[signifier]] and the [[signified]].

The term thus emphasizes the different ways in which [[Saussure]] and [[Lacan]] conceive of [[signification]]; for [[Saussure]], [[signification]] was a [[stable ]] bond between [[signifier]] and [[signified]], but for [[Lacan]] it is an unstable, fluid relationship. [[Image:Lacan-saussureanalgorithmSAUSSUREANALGORITHM.jpggif|right|thumb|200px|[[Saussurean algorithm|The Saussurean algorithm]]]]

It is [[impossible ]] to establish a stable one-to-one link between [[signifier]]s and [[signified]]s, and [[Lacan]] symbolizes this by inscribing a [[bar]] between [[them ]] in the [[Saussurean algorithm]].

When there are not enough ''[[points de capiton]]'', as is in the [[case ]] in [[psychosis]], the slippery movement of [[signification]] is endless, and stable [[meanings ]] dissolve altogether. 

* [[Language]]||* [[Linguistics]]* ''[[Point de capiton]]''||* [[Psychosis]]