Negative Cue

The absence of something (some detail, signal, or anomaly) which highlights an answer to a problem or question.

Doctors used to believe all disease manifested as something foreign/outside the body attacking it. In the case of Scurvy, a lot of doctors got tunnel vision looking for a positive cue. (Some Germ or pathogen present that would explain the condition.) But none was to be found. It wasn't until biochemist Fredrick Gowland Hopkins considered what was absent (a lack of vitamin C) that the true cause of scurvy was discovered. This absence was a negative cue.

by Olive989 October 25, 2023

Negative Nonce

A person who likes children and also has a bad attitude and can be rude to her suspects.

Oh Hazel is such a negative nonce to Robert

by HazRob July 24, 2025

Lol dad always say why I think negative because nobody is the problem but he himself think like that.

Lol dad always say why I think negative because nobody is the problem but he himself think like that.

Lol dad always say why I think negative because nobody is the problem but he himself think like that.

by sdinaz October 23, 2023

neg

To ignore or deny someone.
*This is the only actual definition.

When you call someone and they clearly slide the ignore button. You have been negged.

by webstahsdick April 25, 2015