Word: cluelessness
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...networker, one of those barroom backslappers who belonged to half the organizations in colonial Boston. Not Dawes. On the night of his ride, Revere would have known just which anti-Royalists to alert along the road. Dawes, who may never have clanked a tankard with anybody, would have been clueless...
...Standard is hedging its bets, existing as much online as it does on paper. Its website, thestandard.com gets 450,000 unique visitors a month. Media Grok, the most popular of the magazine's 17 e-mail newsletters, critiques technology coverage in major news outlets. Grok's regular roastings of clueless tech reporters has attracted 150,000 readers...
...have been living on Ko Pha-Ngan for five generations--since their forefathers migrated from Hainan island off the coast of China--the notion of Western kids coming here and convincing themselves that they are pioneering a new civilization is further proof that these farangs (foreigners) are as clueless as they look. For one thing, Thailand is a real country, with real laws that it expects tourists to abide. "I don't know about any 'new civilization,'" says police captain Suthat Phronakson. "What they seem to be doing is smoking a lot of dope, having sex with each other...
...Once we entered StrangeBrew, we were clueless. Surrounded by crazed and efficient NBC people, we needed to have a plan of action. Franklin proposed drinks; Noah suggested dinner. While fending off surreptitious stares (we look too young to be politically significant) we tried to force down French fries and ginger ale. Our chairs were arranged to suit the camera, and we were requested to remain in place until "Hardball" aired live at 8 p.m. Constantly surrounded by gorgeous women toting cell phones and looking inquisitively into his eyes, Paul kept joking about our presence. Massachusetts Governor Paul Cellucci showed...
Wayne Knight brings out the hypochondriac in me. You know Knight. He played the obnoxious mailman on Seinfeld, and is Sally's often clueless lover on Third Rock from the Sun. Lately he's been personifying influenza in those commercials for the antiviral drug Relenza. When I see him barging into a hapless woman's home, ready to take up residence, I could swear I'm developing a sore throat. Then when he plops down between the woman and her husband, I start getting that achy feeling in my joints and back. I especially love his sneering crack about soup...