Pickup Terminology

Just in case some of you folks are new to pickup and need to get some of the lingo down, here are a few of the more common terms:

AFC: Average frustrated chump

AMOG: Alpha Male of the Group.

Bounce: Moving a girl to a new location as a form of time bridging.

Choad (also chode): A guy who stands around acting like a dope. Also v. to choad

Close: Closing with a girl can include any number of important milestone acts, including a #close (getting a phone number), k-close (kissing), or f-close (sex).

Cocky/playful: The outwardly sexual, funny, borderline inappropriate state a PUA enters when sarging in the field. Cocky/playful attitudes generally draw interest from women, who may be used to men who fawn over them or are intimidated by beautiful women.

Day2: The first date you have with a girl after a successful pickup.

DHV: Demonstration of higher value. Any part of your routine that increases your social value

DLV: Demonstration of lower value. Any act which diminishes your social value

False Time Constraint (FTC): A statement made to a girl or to a set upon opening which gives the impression of a willingness or need to leave. The FTC is a reassuring statement which communicates social value and lets the girls know that you're not going to be hanging on them all night.

Field, the: Anywhere in the world where you can meet girls. Online mediums like Facebook, email, text and online dating sites do not usually count as "the field."

HB: Hot babe.

Inner game: The pickup artist's internal state of mind. See "state"

IOI: Indicator of interest. A sign given by a girl that she is interested in you, such as laughing at jokes, self-grooming, etc.

Insta-date: Meeting a girl in the field and moving her to a new location for an impromptu, one-on-one date.

Kino: Short for kinesthetic. Touching. Kino escalating - increasingly intimate touching that ultimately leads to kissing/fucking.

Mid-game: Routines and conversation used to build attraction between a PUA and his target.

Neg: A slightly taunting or dismissive comment used to equalize social value between men and high-value females.

NLP: Neuro-linguistic programming. A controversial field of social research which uses speech patterns, visualization, and other techniques to control ones own thoughts and those of others. NLP can be used in seduction (a la Ross Jeffries) and as a form of self-improvement training to remove psychological blocks.

Opener: A PUA's opening material.

Outer game: A person's outward appearance, including clothing, grooming, voice intonation, body language, etc.

Pawn: A beautiful girl used solely for social proof in a club.

PUA: Pickup artist

Roll off: A technique of leaving a set without diminishing one's own social value.

Sarging: Going out into the field to meet women.

Set: Any group of two or more people. A set is "mixed" when it includes men and women.

Social proof: Actions and appearances which increase the PUA's social value among females by showing that you are capable of having positive relationships with other females. Successfully opening and running good game on a set of girls increases social proof, as is a stack of photos showing you in situations with other beautiful women.

Social value: A measure of relative social merit between people. PUAs learn to manipulate and equalize social value to increase rate of success.

State: A mental zone in which the pickup artist is feeling good, communicating fluidly and telegraphing positive and sexual messages to people around him. Getting "in-state" is essential for successful pickup.

Street pickup: Very advanced and difficult form of pickup conducted on a street sidewalk or any outdoors area where people are in transit.

Wing, or Wingman: A fellow PUA who helps in opening, building attraction, clearing obstacles, and all aspects of gaming hot women.