stylemog

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

Verb

stylemog (third-person singular simple present stylemogs, present participle stylemogging, simple past and past participle stylemogged)

To patronize or talk down to someone by complimenting them as though from a position of authority on the compliment's subject.
- “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...2005 September 3, “Operation pick up”, in The Times, London: News UK, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 26 Feb 2020

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

Blend of Style (“pseudonym of Neil Strauss in the seduction community”) + AMOG, reportedly coined by Owen "Tyler Durden" Cook.

What does stylemog mean?: Stylemog means to patronize or talk down to someone by complimenting them as though from a position of authority on the compliment's subject.
What part of speech is stylemog?: Stylemog is a verb.
What is the past tense of stylemog?: The past tense of stylemog is stylemogged.

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