Definder - what does the word mean?

What is tone deaf?

a condition of being oblivious and/or clueless regarding the existence of social cues, nuances, mores, norms, et cetera, within a given social subset, or more often than not totally and completely and all the time. This is distinct from the more estimable traits of being indifferent or irreverant, where one is aware of social expectations, cues, et cetera, but simply doesn't care or flat out mocks and/or rejects them. Socially tone deaf people are blind, deef and dumb to the normative social standards and expectations of behavior around them, and demonstrate this with regular incidences of egregious and embarassing faux~pas and party fowling. Consistent responses to the socially tone deaf include head shaking, eye rolling, clandestined warnings under one's breath, and quick-thinking, opportunistic ditching. Syn (masc): fuckstick, (fem): bobblehead.

-Look out, here comes everybody's favorite conversationalist; for pete's sake don't get her started you know socially tone deaf she is.

-Bob is so socially tone deaf, I can't take him anywhere with me.

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tone deaf - video


Tone deaf - what is it?

lacking in one's appreciation of music (not necessarily due to actually being tone deaf

I'm sorry but i just never payed much attention to music. I'm tone-deaf.

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What does "tone deaf" mean?

All bad pop stars, especially Britney Spears

"Oh my gosh, whats wrong with this crappy music, she must be tone deaf"

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Tone deaf - what does it mean?

An adjective describing a person who can't hear the difference between off beat and on beat or on key and off key

Person one: hey can you give me an example of a tone deaf person?

Person two: look up country music on Spotify

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Tone deaf - meaning

The lamest excuse for all bad singers.

1:"Just a small town girl, livin' in a loooneelyyyy wo-"
2:"Stop singing. Now. Please."
3:"Hey, that's not nice, I'm tone deaf! Don't make fun of my disability!"
4:"Bitch please."

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Tone deaf - definition

A person who is tone deaf lacks the ability to correctly hear relative differences between musical notes.

in the music lesson:

teacher: "ok bob, give me a SOL"
bob does something with the guitar...
teacher: "NOO!!!, that's not a SOL!!... are you tone deaf ?!!"

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Tone deaf - slang

A person who thinks he/she can hit the right notes and stay in tune when they really sound horrible and are not good at all. They are often unable to hear the difference between two notes or on pitch notes and flat notes.

People on American Idol that audition that think they can sing but you hear them singing on tv horribly yet they dont realize they are horrible. These people are tone-deaf

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Tone deaf

see jonas brothers.

person 1: hey can you give me a good example of people who are tone deaf?
person 2: sure just listen to the jonas brothers.
*2 days later*
person 2: so did you see the jonas brothers and how tone deaf they are?
person 1: what? i went deaf from the screaming girls are the jonas brothers concert so i cant hear you.

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Tone deaf

Guilty of making a comment with which I disagree for against which I have no coherent argument.

Matt Damon's comments on the #metoo movement are utterly tone deaf. - Minnie Driver"

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Tone deaf

Someone painfully oblivious to social situations and the world at large. Unable to read blatant social cues.

Mayer is so tone deaf he sent fried chicken to vegetarians and asked an atheist his religion. Sigh

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