cold read
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English
[edit ]Verb
[edit ]cold read (third-person singular simple present cold reads , present participle cold reading , simple past and past participle cold read)
- (transitive ) To infer characteristics of (a person) using cold reading.
- 2006, Jim Butcher, Dead Beat[1] , page 127:
- A few years ago Mort had barely been able to crawl out of his bottle long enough to cold-read credulous idiots into believing he could speak to their dead loved ones.
- 2011, Dean Amory, Mind Reading - A Practical Introduction[2] , page 70:
- Select the person you will "cold read" ahead of time if possible. The more time you have to learn about your subject, the better.
- 2015, A Piper, "Women's work: The professionalisation and policing of fortune-telling in Australia", in Labour History: A Journal of Labour and Social History:
- Fortune-tellers were derided as swindlers, their so-called services little better than a form of larceny. Incredulous journalists accused clairvoyants of faking their skills by cold-reading customers or surreptitiously monitoring local gossip that would help impress clients
- (intransitive ) To make inferences about a person using the practice of cold reading.
- 2004, The Paranormal Review[3] , numbers 29-36, page 30:
- In spiritualism research, feedback is often used — this can be interpreted as giving the medium the chance to 'cold read'. However, feedback may be necessary [...]
- (intransitive , transitive , acting , newsreading, education ) To perform (a script) without preparation.
- At the audition you will be required to cold read a script.
Noun
[edit ]cold read (plural cold reads )
- An act of cold reading.
- This is an example of what magicians (and unfortunately phony psychics) call a "cold read".
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