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cold reading
noun
The technique, or an instance, of using likely guesses and assumptions, then narrowing in on any positive responses, in order to give the impression of having information about a person or event.
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The players sat on the stage with their scripts positioned on music stands for the "cold" reading.
This will help you understand the plot and characters better, which will benefit your portrayal for the dreaded cold reading.
In defiance of Lois's assertion that extrasensory perception exists, Brian has Peter perform a cold reading on a passerby in the park in order to demonstrate that psychic readings are purely an act, and not real.
"The technique is called cold reading," he said.
This morning, Colette, Sylvia's co-psychic, seemed to be cold reading badly.
Of course, cold reading is easiest to spot when the psychic does it badly.
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Accents slid around a bit — a hazard of the cold read.
We will also ask you to cold read other sides at the audition.
"The trains are warm and clean, a suitable refuge from the cold," read a message posted at 9 13 a.m.
Cosby allegedly asked her to cold read the part of a drunk person, and gave her a glass of white wine.
The investigations in the Delhi blasts continue without much headway: "7 days, 4 mails, 2 sketches later, all trails turn cold" reads the front page headline in today's Hindustan Times.
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