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An underused word that a small percentage of the internet has grabbed ahold of and will use as a means to belittle others.
Predominantly written on mailing lists and discussion groups regarding technical issues, "woolly thinking" will frequently be used as a subtle way to say someone is thinking in an inferior way.
Unfortunate victims are seeking help and have a genuine desire to learn. "Wooly thinking" is a ruse phrase. The writers goal is to make a snide remark repeatedly in an effort to instill fear in those asking questions. It can also be used as a superiority complex reinforcement tactic.
Those using this phrase are technically competent, but socially inept. This is easy to prove as mailing list and discussion forum traffic goes down on holidays, though the use of the phrase "woolly thinking" increases. This often can be attributed to the writer long ago becoming "that guy", which no one wants around on the holidays.
Civilized people with good moral attributes don't feel the need to bestow their self proclaimed superiority on others by using a phrase most have no idea the definition of. Real men and women come out and call someone stupid if they are behaving stupid.
Predominantly written on mailing lists and discussion groups regarding technical issues, "woolly thinking" will frequently be used as a subtle way to say someone is thinking in an inferior way.
Unfortunate victims are seeking help and have a genuine desire to learn. "Wooly thinking" is a ruse phrase. The writers goal is to make a snide remark repeatedly in an effort to instill fear in those asking questions. It can also be used as a superiority complex reinforcement tactic.
Those using this phrase are technically competent, but socially inept. This is easy to prove as mailing list and discussion forum traffic goes down on holidays, though the use of the phrase "woolly thinking" increases. This often can be attributed to the writer long ago becoming "that guy", which no one wants around on the holidays.
Civilized people with good moral attributes don't feel the need to bestow their self proclaimed superiority on others by using a phrase most have no idea the definition of. Real men and women come out and call someone stupid if they are behaving stupid.
It is your woolly thinking that is causing your failure.
What is the real question, not the woolly thinking within your question?
What is the real question, not the woolly thinking within your question?
by Saying what everyone thinks June 6, 2010
Get the woolly thinking mug.this word was invented when one day a.j. collins was talking with me and amy gleeson on msn. he said he was thonking about something. so i said it should be used as a word for people that are supposedly thinking when we know they really dont think at all.
what was i thinking?!
you werent, you were thonking.
you werent, you were thonking.
by caitlin September 1, 2004
Get the thonking mug.Standard excuse conspiracy theorists to deny a poltical or global situation. Ironically they call other people sheeple, when they blindly follow a random person on YouTube and receives all his information from his YouTube channel full of unsubstantiated claims rather than researching on scientific research.
"I'm going to stay at home and protect Mt friends and family from Coronavirus"
"Why? Coronavirus has a 99% survival rate; do some critical thinking.
"It's not just about the people who passed due to the virus, but it's also about the people who received complications subsequent to contracting the virus. It's like POTS Syndrome symptoms, only 10 times worse. Some people have even been paralysed or lost the ability to walk efficiently, thus having to use crutches or a wheelchair".
"Shut up you dumb sheeple"
"Why? Coronavirus has a 99% survival rate; do some critical thinking.
"It's not just about the people who passed due to the virus, but it's also about the people who received complications subsequent to contracting the virus. It's like POTS Syndrome symptoms, only 10 times worse. Some people have even been paralysed or lost the ability to walk efficiently, thus having to use crutches or a wheelchair".
"Shut up you dumb sheeple"
by UltimateDoge April 17, 2021
Get the Critical thinking mug.It's a mix of "What is going on?" and "what are you doing later". This is a Southern term that is used quite often as a greeting in large social gatherings. "What are you thinkin?" would be a normal sentence to describe a greeting and ask what's going on later in the night. For instance, "what are you thinkin" may elicit an answer of "it's dead- let's go somewhere cool".
by Michael J Murphy March 5, 2014
Get the what are you thinking mug.1. Problem solving or articulate thinking in a non conventional way.
2. Thinking in terms or aligning thought processes that are the same or very similar to those of Joshua Wilson.
3. Thoughts or mind processes that recipricate those of Timothy Griggs. He shall always be inside the box.
2. Thinking in terms or aligning thought processes that are the same or very similar to those of Joshua Wilson.
3. Thoughts or mind processes that recipricate those of Timothy Griggs. He shall always be inside the box.
Nicolas: Hey bro why does he never use outside the box thinking.
Josh: because the answer is in the question bro.
Josh: because the answer is in the question bro.
by Officelinebacker September 9, 2010
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