cold reading


the art of fishing for information, while leaving the person being fished thinking that you gave _them_ the information.

as used by phony tv “psychics”
i used to think john edwards was psychic, but no i realise that he was cold reading all along.

Read Also:

  • computer class

    the most boring place you can possibly go. n-body understands why we have to go to computer cl-ss, because you don’t learn anything. the teachers are all r-t-rded, and don’t care if you get on definithing.com “what are you doing?” “oh, nothing really, my house is almost as boring as computer cl-ss…” the cl-ss that […]

  • Conblibitabate

    (v) to invent a word on the spot; spontaneous word invention. 1) unable to express her emotions in one word, laqueesha was forced to conblibitabate. 2) the invention of the word “conblibitabate” was itself a conblibitabation.

  • concussed

    adjective: having a concussion kori was concussed after sneezing so hard that she startled her kittie cat.

  • Condom Hair

    this is when you use both hands, or both hands covered in a plastic bag, to mess up and rub someone’s hair. it’s not condom hair unless while you are doing it you yell “condom hair”, otherwise it’s just mean. hillary was really annoying jojo today. everytime jojo got her hair just right, hillary would […]

  • confuckinfuzzled

    confused confuzzled and f-cking basically a: ” if i work out the standard deviation of the number of trees in the amazon and mached them against the trees in c-mbria, then work out a symple formulae x/y+g=…” b: ” just shut up im so conf-ckinfuzzled….w-nka” it should be used to describe a situation where you […]


Disclaimer: cold reading definition / meaning should not be considered complete, up to date, and is not intended to be used in place of a visit, consultation, or advice of a legal, medical, or any other professional. All content on this website is for informational purposes only.