PUA Dictionary
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"What if" Pain
1 Set / One Set
101
2 Second Rule
24/7 Attractive Man
3 Minute Rule
3 Second Rule
7 Hour Rule
A
Abundance Mentality
Accomplished Introduction (AI)
Active Attraction
Active Disinterest
Active Disqualification
Affirmation
Air Traffic Control
Alpha Female Of Group (AFOG)
Alpha Male
Alpha Male Of Group (AMOG)
Alpha Male Other Guy (AMOG)
Alt.seduction.fast (ASF)
Ambiguity
AMOG Destroyer
AMOG Killer (AK)
Analysis Paralysis
Anchor
Animated Chat
Anime Eyes
Anti-Approach Invitation (Anti-AI)
Anti-Slut Defense (ASD)
Apocalypse Opener
Approach Anxiety (AA)
Approach Invitation (AI)
Approach Machine
Approach Priming
Approval Seeking
Arbitrary Target
Arbitrary Value
Archetype Game
Art of Charm (AOC)
Art of the Pickup (AOTP)
Aspiring Pick Up Artist (aPUA)
Asshole Game
Attraction
Attraction Circuitry Projection
Attraction Routines
Attraction Triggers
Authenticity
Auto Correcting / Auto Correct
Avatar
Average Frustrated Chump (AFC)
B
Backwards/Reverse Rationalization
Bad Boy
Bait, Hook, Reel, Release (BHRR)
Ball Busting
Banter
Barrage of Awesomeness
Beasting
Beautiful Woman Syndrome (BWS)
Bedroom Eyes (Seducer Eyes)
Beginner's Hell
Being Present
Belief System
Below Average Frustrated Chump (BAFC)
Best Self
Beta Boy Friend (BBF)
Beta Male
Big Mouth Theory
Bio Feedback
Bitch Shield (BS)
Blind Spot
Blitzhooking
Blow Out
Blow Out Game
Blow Out Opener
Blueprint
Blueprint Sequencing Awareness
Blur
Body Language (BL)
Body Language Clusters
Body Language Positioning
Body Rocking
Bootcamp (BC)
Bottom Bitch
Bottom Feeder
Bounce
Boundary Function
Boy Band Principle
Boyfriend (BF)
Boyfriend Destroyer (BFD)
Boyfriend Game
Break In The Clouds
Breaking Point
Breaking Rapport
Breakup Artist
Bridge And Tunnel Problem
Bromance
Bullshit Baffles Brains
Bullshit Escalation
Bunny
Button Pushing
Buy-In
Buyer's Remorse
Buyer-Seller Dynamic
Buying Temperature (BT)
Buying Temperature Spike (BT Spike)
Buzz
C
Calibration
Callback Humor / Text Back Humor
Campus Game / College Game
Canned Opener
Canned Routine (CR)
Casanova
Casanova Crew
Cat String Theory
Caveman
Celebrity Game
Celebrity PUA
Challenge Point
Character Development
Charisma
Charisma Arts (CA)
Charisma Coaching
Chat Up Line
Cheat Sheet
Cheater
Chick Bait
Chick Crack
Chick Politics
Chit Chat Master
Chode
Chode Crystal
Chode Vaporization
Christian PUA
Circle Jerk
Claim to Fame
Class
Cliff's List
Close
Closer
Closing Awareness
Club Intuition
Cock Tease
Cockblock (CB)
Cocky & Funny (C&F)
Cognitive Dissonance
Cold Approach
Cold Reading
College Game
Comfort
Comfort Building Location
Comfort Plan (CP)
Comfort Zone
Commonality
Compliance
Compliance Momentum
Compliance Test (CT)
Compliance Threshold
Compliment
Compliment Opener
Conformist
Congruence
Congruence Test
Connection Triggers
Consistency
Consistency Principle
Conspiracy
Continuously Orgasmic State
Conversational Jujitsu
Conversational Rapport
Conversational Thread
Conveyance
Core
Core Confidence
Core Purpose
Core Value
Corporate Pickup
Cougar
Courtship
Crash and Burn (C&B)
Credibility Date
Cub
Culture Shock
Cutting the Thread
Cycle of Internalization / Crystalization
D
Dance Floor Monkey
Dance Game
Dancing Monkey
Dating Coach
Day 2
Day Game
Dead Approach Invitation (DAI)
Death Row
Death Row / Wall of Death
Debrief
Decimal Rating Scale
Decision Dependency
Deep Identity Level Change
Default Facial Expression
Delivery
Delusional Sense of Coolness
Demonstration of Higher Value (DHV)
Deus Ex Machina
DHV Spike
Dick Crack
Direct Game
Direct Opener
DIS Method
Disarm
Discretion
Display Low Value (DLV)
Disqualification (DQ)
Doggy Dinner Bowl Look (DDBL)
Dominance
Domino Effect
Don Juan (DJ)
Double Your Dating (DYD)
Double-Take
Down To Fuck (DTF)
Dramatic Effect
Draw
Dropping Anchor
Dual Induction Massage
Dynamic Social Homeostasis
E
Economic Lover
Eject
Eject & Explain (E&E)
Eject With Explanation (EwE)
Eliciting Values (EV)
Email Close (@close)
Emotional Connection (EC)
Emotional Intelligence / Social Intelligence
Emotional Leverage
Emotional Spiking
Emotional Stimulation
Emotional Tampon
End-Game
Energy Level
Engine of Survival
Entitlement
Entourage
Entourage Game
Epiphany Chains
Error by D (EBD)
Essense
Evolution Phase Shift (Phase-Shift)
Exaptation
External Interrupt
Externalized Reference Points
Extraction
Eye Accessing Cues
Eye Coding
Eye Contact (EC)
Eye Fucking
Eyes Glaze Over
Eyes Go Bright
F
Facebook Close (FB Close)
Failed Target (FT)
Fake IOI
Fallout Pussy
False Disqualifier
False Idols / False Prophets
False Presumption
False Takeaway
False Time Constraint (FTC)
Fat Chick Syndrome
Fat Girl Overhead Photo (FGOP)
Fatty (Tuna)
Fatty / Fattie
Faux Pas
Fear of Intimacy
Feeding Frenzy
Female Gurus
Female Pick Up Artist (FPUA)
Female Sexual Fantasies
Female Trainer
Field / Field Experience
Field Report (FR)
Field Test
Filling in the Canvas
Find Meet Attract Close (FMAC)
Find/Fuck Ten Other Women (FTOW)
Fire Behind the Smoke
Fire Gazing
First Phone Call (FPC)
Flake
Flaky Chick
Flash Game
Flawless Natural
Flinch Points
Flirting
Flooding Smile
Floozy
Flopsy
Flow
Fluff
Focus Opener
Fool's Mate
Fool's Mate Fantasy
Forcing IOIs
Foreplay Close (4close)
Frame
Frame Control
Frame Games
Frame Hog
Freeze Out
Friend Close
Friend Zone (FZ)
Friends With Benefits
Fuck Buddy (FB)
Fuck Close (FClose)
Fuck Me Eyes
Fucking New Guy (FNG)
Fucking Ugly Girl (FUG)
Full Close (FClose)
Functional Opener
Fundamental Shift
G
Gambit
Game
Gay PUA / PU Gay
Gay Test
Gaymog
Geographical Gaming
Getting the Party Started
Girl Close (GClose)
Girl Code
Girl Coding
Girl Crush
Girl Friend (GF)
Girl Game
Girlfriend Material
God Mode
Good Guy Game (GGG)
Grace
Grand Master PUA (gmPUA)
Grand Master Style (GM Style)
Green Pick Up Artist (GPUA)
Grooming
Grounding
Group Theory
Gunwitch Method (GWM)
H
Handicap Principle
Harem Management
High Class (HC)
High Sex Drive (HD)
High Value (HV)
Highschool PUA
Hired Gun
Hired Gun Game
Honey Trap
Honorary PUAs
Hook Phase
Hook Point (HP)
Hoop Theory
Hot Babe (HB)
How To Get The Women You Desire Into Bed (HTGTWYDIB)
Hugger
Hunny Bunny (HB)
Hyperfocus
Hypnosis
I
I Perspective
Identity
Identity Criterion
Image
Implicit Technique
Improvisational Opener
Incidental opportunity (IO)
Incongruence
Indicator of Disinterest (IOD)
Indicator of Interest (IOI)
Indicator of Sexual Interest (ISI)
Indirect Game
Indirect Opener
Inducement to Approach Invitation (IAI)
Inner Demons
Inner Game
Insta-Date
Instant/Interactive Value Display (IVD)
Intellectual Discipline
Intermittence
International PUA
Internet Game / Online Game
Interrupt
Interview Pickup
Investment
Isolation
It's On Moment (IOM)
IVC (Interest, Value, Connection)
J
J-Girls / Japanese Girls
Jealousy Plotline
Just Another Wannabe (JAW)
K
Keyboard Jockey (KJ)
Keys to the VIP
Kinesthetics (Kino)
Kino Anchored Motion Inducement (KAMI)
Kino Escalation
Kino Escalation Ladder
Kino Opener
Kino Pinging
Kino Steps
Kino Test
Kiss Close (KClose)
L
Label Whore
Ladies' Man
Lair / Seduction Lairs
Lair List
Landmines
Last Minute Resistance (LMR)
Lay of Rage
Lay Report (LR)
Leading
Let's Just Be Friends (LJBF)
Life Changing Moment (LCM)
Lifestyle
Likability Factor
Limiting Belief
Lock-In Prop
Locked Out
Locking-In
Logistics
Lone Wolf
Long Distance Relationship (LDR)
Long Term Coaching
Long Term Relationship (LTR)
Love
Love Systems
Lover
Low Class (LC)
Low Self Esteem (LSE)
Low Sex Drive (LD)
Low Value (LV)
M
M3 Model
Male Pattern Blindness (MPB)
Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs
Master of Ceremonies
Master Pick Up Artist (mPUA)
Mastermind Alliance
Matador Mayhem
Mayor Walking
Meme
Mental Conditioning
Mental Masturbation
Merging
Meta Game / Meta Frame
Mid-Game
Mind Fuck
Mini Cold Read (MCR)
Mirroring
Misdirection
Mixed Set
Mode One (Alan Roger Currie)
Modelizer
Moderated Alt Seduction Fast (mASF)
Modus Operandi (MO)
Moment of Decision
Moment of Inspiration
Moment of Realness
Momentum
Monogamy (PUA)
Most Chicks Don't Suffice (MCDS)
Mother Hen
Motivation Killers / Motivation Boosters
Motor Response
Moving Target/Set
Moxy
Mr. Smooth Style
Multi-Threading
Multiple Long Term Relationship (MLTR)
Multiple Long Term Relationship Cubed (MLTR^3)
Multiple Long Term Relationship Squared (MLTR^2)
Muppet Gallery / Peanut Gallery
Muse
Mystery Lounge
Mystery Method (MM)
N
Nano Expressions
Nanpa
Natural
Natural Game
Natural Selection
Neg Hit/Negging (Negs)
Neg Opener
Neg Roll
Negative Body Language
Negs / Neg Theory
Nester Chick
Neuro Linguistic Programming (NLP)
New Behavior Patterns
Newbie Mission
Newbie's Paradox
Next
Nice Guy
Night Game
Nightlife Princess
Nimbus
Non Responsiveness
Non-Reaction Seeking
Non-Verbal Communication
Nonsexual Touching
Nonverbal FTC
Nonversation
Norming
Not Ready For a Relationship (NRFR)
Number Close (#close)
Number Crunching
O
Obstacle
October Man Sequence
Omega Male
One Night Stand (ONS)
Oneitis
Online Game
Open
Open Ended Question (OEQ)
Opener
Opinion Opener
Orbiter
Out Alpha
Outcome Independence
Outer Game
Outing Report (OR)
Over Negging
Over Qualification (OQ)
P
Pacing
Pair Bonding
Paradoxical Realities
Party Girl
Passive IOIs
Passive Value
Pattern
Pattern On-The-Fly (POTF)
Pattern-Interrupt
Pawn/Pawning
Peacocking / Peacock Theory
Peak State Performance
Pebble
Pecking
Pendant Anchoring
People Watching
Perceived Value
Perceptual Escalation Threshold
Permanent DHV
Personal Amusement
Personal Momentum
Personality Conveying Routine
Phone Game
Pick Up (PU)
Pick Up Artist (PUA)
Pick Up Guru (PUG)
Pick Up Master (PUM)
Pickup Artist Pilgrimage
Pickup Lifestyle Experiments
Pickup Opportunity Cost
Pickup Pension
Pickup Podcast (PuP)
Pillow Talk
Pimp / Pimp Game
Pings & Pongs
Pipelining
Pivot
Plate Spinning
Platitude
Plausible Deniability
Player
Player Traps
Playette
Playfulness
Plowing
Point To Self (PTS)
Polarity / Sexual Polarity
Portal Words
Position of Power
Poster Boy
Power of Observation
Practice Game
Pre Lay Relaxation Mode (PLRM)
Pre-Approach Invitation, male Approach Invitation (pAImAI)
Pre-selection
Precedence
Premature Ejectulaton (Pre-me)
Presence of Mind
Pressure Gauge
Primary
Principle Based Coaching
Prizing
Process Over Outcome
Professional PUA
Project Hollywood
Project Rockstar
Promoter Game
Propinquity / Propinquity Effect
Protection Shield
Provider
Proximity / Proximity Alert System (PAS)
Prude
Pseudo Seeker (PS)
PUA Apps
PUA Convention
PUA Field Intuition
PUA Forum
PUA Forums
PUA Hate
PUA Nicknames
PUA Seminars
PUA Training
PUA Vision
PUA Watchdog
Public Display of Affection (PDA)
Pull
Punish/Reward
Purd
Push-Pull
R
Range of Emotions
Rapport
Rational Discourse
Re-Opening
Reactive Disqualification
Read The Fornication/Fucking Manual (RTFM)
Real Social Dynamics (RSD)
Recalcitrant Experience
Recovering Average Frustrated Chump (rAFC)
Recovery
Recycle
Reference Points
Reframe
Rejection
Residential Training
Resistance
Reticular Activation System (RAS)
Reverse AFC
Reverse Approach Anxiety (RAA)
Reverse Game
Reverse Jailbait
Rite Of Passage
Rituals
Road Head
Role Reversal
Roll Off
Romance Artist
Rosetta Stone
Routine
Routine Monkey
Routine Stack
RSD Inner Circle
Rules of Seduction
Rumination
S
Same Day Lay (SDL)
Sandbagging
Sarge
Sargeholic
Sarger's High
Sarging Session
Save-Me Eyes
Scarcity Mentality
Score
Sealing The Motherfucking Deal (STMD)
Second Guessing
Second Meeting
Second Wind
Secret Society
Secret Underground Internet Seduction Community (SUISC)
Seducer's Aura
Seduction Community
Seduction/Seducer
Selection Dynamic
Selective Blind Spot
Self Acceptance
Self Amusement
Self Fulfilling Prophecy
Self Point (SP)
Self-Kino
Sense of Urgency
Separate-Together (SnT)
Set
Set Rich Environment (SRE)
Sex Location
Sex Worthy
Sexting
Sexual Confidence
Sexual Discretion
Sexual Market Place (SMP)
Sexual Market Value (SMV)
Sexual Selection
Sexual State
Sexual Stereotype
Sexy Son Hypothesis
Shifting Sands
Shit Test
Shocker
Short Setting
Short Term Relationship (STR)
Shotgun Neg
Show of Interest (SOI)
Shut up and Lead (SUAL)
Signal/Statement of Disinterest (SOD)
Simple Pickup
Single/Same Night Lay (SNL)
Situ
Situational Confidence
Situational Opener
Slow Motion Entrance
Slut Shaming
Sniper Neg
Social Alignment
Social Butterfly
Social Capital
Social Circle
Social Circle Game
Social Conditioning/Programming
Social Connector
Social Context
Social Cue
Social Dead-end
Social Ecosystem
Social Exchange Propensity
Social Fluidity
Social Gathering
Social Hierarchy
Social Hook Point
Social Intuition
Social Kinetic Energy
Social Mask
Social Nexus
Social Norms
Social Pressure
Social Proof
Social Robot
Social Stamina
Social Trees
Social Value
Social Watering Hole
Solid Close
Solo Game
Speed Seduction (SS)
Spinning
Stack Forward
Stacking
Stage Presence
Stale
Stalker
Stall
Starfish Girl
State
State Change
State Control
State Pump
State Transference
Statement
Statement of Intent (SOI)
Sticking Point (SP)
Stonewalling
Strawberry Fields Routine
Street Cred
Street Game
Stripper Game
Structured Game
Stylemog
Subcommunication
Subset
Subtext
Success Barriers
Super Hot Babe (SHB)
Super Winging
Supplication
Support System
Surrogate Rage
Survival and Replication Value (S&R)
Swagger
Synesthesia
Synthetic
Synthetic Oneitis
T
Tactile Opening
Tailgater
Takeaway
Tandem Hunting
Target
Target Market Assessment
Target-Rich/Target-Poor
Teaming
Technique Based Coaching
Teen Game
Text Game
Text Openers
Textback humour
The Claw
The Fucking/Fornication Manual (TFM)
The Pick-Up Artist (on VH1)
Threesome/Foursome/Moresome
Thresholding
Time Bridge
Time Constraint
Time Distortion
Tits and Ass (T&A)
Token Resistance
Tool
Toolbox
Training Chasm
Trance of Scarcity
Trance Words
Transitions / Transitioning
Travel Pick Up (TPU)
Trial By Fire
Triangular Gazing
Tribal Knowledge
Tribe
Troy Dizon Dating (TDD)
Trust Test
Try-Hard
Turn Around (TA)
U
Ugly Girl (UG)
Ugly Girl Cock Block (UGCB)
Ultimate Negs Collection
Unapologetic
Unconditional Love
Under 21 Convention
Underground Pickup Artistry
Unique Selling Proposition (USP)
Universal Female Excuse Archive (UFEA)
Unmoderated alt.seduction.fast (uASF)
Unthinking Masses
Us-Bubble
V
Vacuum
Validation
Value
Value Connector
Value Demonstration Routine
Venue
Venue Change
Venusian Arts
Vibe / Vibing
Victim Chick (VC)
Vulnerability
W
Warm Alpha
Warm Approach
Warm-Up Set
Warpig
Way Below Average Frustrated Chump (WBAFC)
Waypoint
Window of Escalation
Wing
Wingman
Wingman Rules
Wingwoman
Wood
Work Pick Up (WPU)
Wow Factor
Wussy
Y
Yes-Ladder
Yet Another Outing Report (YAOR)
Yin and Yang (MM)
Z
Zero Night Stand (ZNS)
