Stylemog
"Stylemog" in a Sentence (3 examples)
“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.
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 a little scary.
I think what you did was okay. Keep up the good work.
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