A pun on "wishful thinking," it'
s when a
woman lets her own sexual interest in someone strongly color her judgement regarding the person'
s reciprocal interest in her. It makes her interpret every gesture from her object of interest as a come on, even when it clearly isn'
t. This is known as dickful thinking if it's a man.
Her: "So my one
night stand from 3 weeks ago hasn'
t called me, even though I gave him my number and my email. He didn't give me his real
name or contact info, but he mentioned he was a professor, so I looked through the online faculty profiles of every university in 100 miles, and found his picture. I think he'd like to see me again but just lost my contact info. Should I email him at the work address I found on the faculty website, or just show up and surprise him after one of his classes? I think he'd like being surprised like that."
Friend: "No he wouldn't. That's a bunch of clitful thinking there - let it go."
Her: "Suzy hugged me last week, so she'
s definitely into me. Her
husband isn't at the
party, so I think I should try and make out with her."
Friend: "That'
s clitful thinking. She'
s not hitting on you."