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White People Listening

Damn, I just said I was from the Philippines and yet Jeffrey kept asking me where in Mexico that was. He was white people listening.
by Princest June 23, 2025
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Bed-listener

A person who is skilled in bed-listening rumours the negative information or sickness of any well-known celebrity or politician, only based on several figures from unknown resources. Bed-listeners often claim a celebrity to be badly ill (suffering from cancer or other severe diseases), because it seems that they comprehends the proficient skills of listening to what the target men said on their bed or even during their dreams.
In ancient China, palace maids and eunuchs are experts in bed-listening to the healthy conditions and bed stories of their monarchs.
A bed-listener says that Putin was badly sick, gripping the table to stop himself shaking so much, because he bed-listened Putin for months.
by iamshuo90 June 16, 2022
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Switch listener

A person gifted at switching from them listening to you to you listening to them.

Noun
1. “I tried 10 times to tell Karen about my new apartment and every time, before I even knew what had happened, we were talking about her problems with her boyfriend. I felt like I was on a bad drug or something.”

2. I know, the girl’s a natural born switch listener
by Bigfreedog July 21, 2011
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listening to the winds of change

(lyrics from the song "wind of change" by The Scorpions) :

a phrase meaning: to be clever enough to (correctly) detect and/or predict patterns of future social change in one's society, and adapt to said patterns before most other people around you.
not to brag, but in most cases, I am good at listening to the winds of change.
by Sexydimma July 18, 2014
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listenative

To be in a mood or state of mind to listen, as opposed to talk. The opposite of talkative.
Today, I don't feel like talking, I feel listenative, so tell me a story. (One day this was exactly how I felt and created this word to apply to my state of mind.)
by Rusty Morganstein January 18, 2017
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On-listener

Similar to an onlooker but for listening.
That on-listener sure picked the wrong time to drop in for a listen. Now they think I am a serial killer
by Joe Deez May 12, 2020
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