negging
A backhanded compliment used as a tactic.
What it actually means
girlingo doesn’t teach this. It’s transparent, it makes people feel bad, and it mostly filters for people with low self-esteem. Teasing is the thing it’s pretending to be.
More conversation
- teasingLight, obviously-not-serious provocation that says “I’m comfortable with you.”
- reading the roomAdjusting to what’s actually happening rather than what you planned to say.
- callbackBringing back something she said earlier.
- interviewingAsking question after question without giving anything back.
- third placeSomewhere that isn’t home or work: a gym, a bar, a climbing wall, a class.