stylemog

present singular third person stylemogs · participle present stylemogging · participle past stylemogged · past stylemogged

1. lifestyleTo patronize or talk down to someone by complimenting them as though from a position of authority on the compliment's subject.

   I think what you did was okay. Keep up the good work.

   2010 May 25, Bernd Jendrissek, “Re: Anomalous event code: 24052010/1”, in alt.support.shyness (Usenet), message-ID <4dfcf912-ea34-47a6-a636-58037997c7f4@v18g2000vbc.googlegroups.com>

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   “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, Neil Strauss, The Game: Penetrating the Secret Society of Pickup Artists, Text Publishing Company, →ISBN, →OL, page 292

   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.

   2005 September 3, “Operation pick up”, in The Times, London: News UK, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 26 Feb 2020