Wingman (pickup)
| Field | Pickup |
|---|---|
| Also known as | wing |
| Origin | ASF |
A wingman (ASF: wing) is the friend who goes out with you to sarge: occupies the friend in a 2-set, keeps you from freezing, runs interference on an AMOG. The product wingman.live takes the metaphor and makes it an AI coach. This page is the older, human sense.
The Wingman blog's "10 Tips to Be a Good Wingman" is first-party how-to: you are not the star; you introduce him with a conversation hook, not a résumé; you read IOIs and leave when the two of them lock in. Stealing the set is the failure mode. See also the crew section of anime convention (pickup).
See also
Sources
- PickupGuide / ASF glossary, 2001 (aggregate citation).
- Wingman, 10 Tips to Be a Good Wingman (2024).