approval seeking
The following are all the articles related to approval seeking from PUA Lingo, the Pick Up Artist's Encyclopedia. You can also browse our PUA Terminology List for a full list of PUA terms and acronyms.
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Approval Seeking
Quick Definition: The need to validate oneself via the approval of others. Approval seeking behavior involves a person doing things…
Try-Hard
Quick Definition: Refers to a guy who tries too hard to win the approval of others. Full Definition: A “try-hard”,…
Non-Reaction Seeking
Quick Definition: An attitude and mindset that a pickup artist adopts that enables him to not be overly reactive to…
Public Display of Affection (PDA)
Quick Definition: When a couple publicly displays their affection, with gestures such as hand holding, hugging, or kissing. Full Definition:…
Qualification
Quick Definition: To screen for desired qualities in an HB through asking questions or otherwise testing her. Also used in…
Compliance Test (CT)
Quick Definition: When delivered by a woman a compliance test is a small request or series of requests that a…
Provider
Quick Definition: The stereotype of a guy who is nurturing and provides women with resources. Full Definition: The provider is…
Display Low Value (DLV)
Quick Definition: When a PUA says or does something that lowers his social value, thus reducing attraction. Also referred to…
Hoop Theory
Quick Definition: A task or request for compliance by a PUA or HB, to see if the other person will…
Double Your Dating (DYD)
Quick Definition: An e-book published by the PUG David DeAngelo; also the name of his company which publishes other pickup…
Wussy
Quick Definition: A stereotypical nice guy who let’s women walk all over him; an AFC. Full Definition: While wussy is…
Outcome Independence
Quick Definition: The mindset of not focusing on a specific result, or growing attached to any outcome. Full Definition: Outcome…
Barrage of Awesomeness
Quick Definition: An outcome independent attitude that an artist can possess to truly express who he is in a way that…
Dancing Monkey
Quick Definition: AKA Dancing Monkey Syndrome; a PUA who is high energy and entertaining, but not necessarily attractive. Full Definition: A…
Friend Zone (FZ)
Quick Definition: Being stuck in a platonic relationship with a woman, with no sexual chemistry. Full Definition: The friend zone…
Demonstration of Higher Value (DHV)
Quick Definition: A story or action used to increase the perceived value of a PUA within a setting, which results…
Prizing
Quick Definition: Developed by Swinggcat through the “Prizing” e-book, this is a frame that is adopted by a PUA, whereby…
Supplication
Quick Definition: To ask, request, or otherwise express a wish for a favor from someone else by lowering one’s value…
Fake IOI
Quick Definition: A faked indicator of interest, when a girl gives a PUA insincere IOIs in order to gain something…
Alpha Female Of Group (AFOG)
Quick Definition: A woman who is the leader of a group of women. Also known as the “Mother Hen”. Full…
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