Etymology

duping delight

Today it means: The pleasure of being able to manipulate and/or deceive someone, often made visible and obvious to others by flashing a smile at an inappropriate moment; getting delight out of duping an unsuspecting person. Full definition →

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The story

Neologism coined by Paul Ekman in his book Telling Lies (1992).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.