stylemog
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Blend of Style (“pseudonym of Neil Strauss in the seduction community”) + AMOG, reportedly coined by Owen "Tyler Durden" Cook.
Verb
[edit]stylemog (third-person singular simple present stylemogs, present participle stylemogging, simple past and past participle stylemogged)
- (seduction community) To patronize or talk down to someone by complimenting them as though from a position of authority on the compliment's subject.
- 2005, Neil Strauss, The Game: Penetrating the Secret Society of Pickup Artists, Text Publishing Company, →ISBN, →OL, page 292:
- “What? I just said ‘awesome.’ That’s because I think it’s hilarious. Seriously, I can't wait to read it.”
They all laughed again. Evidently I was Stylemogging them.
- 2005 September 3, “Operation pick up”, in The Times[1], London: News UK, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 26 February 2020:
- Strauss himself created "Stylemogging", a more subtle technique in which one uses barbed compliments to establish oneself as the supreme arbitrator of whatever is under discussion. "You've got better at that, a bit," is apparently a classic Stylemogging comment. At this level, it all starts to get a little scary.