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estimate deficit

not being able to guess, afraid to come up with a hunch, not willing to use a ballpark guesstimate, afraid to give a viewpoint in case it's not the perfect one, being uncomfortable with tentativeness.
A: How far is it to LA do you think?
B: I have no idea.
A: But what would you say?
B: I haven't a clue.
A: Would it be one mile?
B. I wouldn't know.
A: How about 20 light years.
B. Gee, there's no way of even imagining how far it is.

Individual B would have ED---estimate deficit
by California Gibb February 23, 2011
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guesstimate

A combination of Guessing and Estimating you find the guesstimate by:
1. Guess
2. Estimate
3. Find the difference between the two.
4. Add them up
5. Divide by two
6. Plus 17
7. Subtract two
ALL DONE
YAY! I solved the problem by using the Guesstimate Strategy!
by Grace October 9, 2003
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Gaystimate

"How gay do you think that guy is?"

"Pretty gay, by my gaystimate"
by yricardo January 27, 2010
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geustimate

its a cross between geuss and estimate, for all those times you really have no idea of the outcome of a situation. an estimated geuss :D
"i would geustimate that in this situation it will work!!
by ^<(jamie)>^ August 6, 2006
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testimate

Much like an estimate, testimating involves making approximate calculations. The difference comes in practicality, in that a testimate can be reviewed for accuracy before a true figure is established or revealed.

In this sense, it serves as a careful means of answering or prephrasing a question. It is something that is reviewed before the impending action or thought is undertaken.
In order to see if my new chair would fit through my front door, I had to testimate how wide the chair was, so I used my hands as a ruler to see if the chair would make it through. It made for a great testimation.

I want to conservatively testimate how many people will show up to my rock concert this evening, so I will say that the room will be half empty.
by Sylvan Murray August 10, 2010
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Working the streetcorner, usually as a streetwalker and clad very skimpily.
'Yeah that hoe Jenna is all ABOUT working on a business estimate...'
by Kandycane1983 August 11, 2008
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Guesstimate

A word used by Dr. Cox from Scrubs.
A guess and an estimate.
"My guesstimate would be that you'd make 100 million $ after the first suscription..."
by ;angeeel. April 20, 2009
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