Teasing

Teasing

Smile (Commons). Teasing is repartee, not a neg.
Field	Pickup
Also known as	repartee, banter

Teasing is playful friction — the later replacement for most of what 2000s pickup called negging. Beginner drills often install it as repartee: a little challenge after the direct open, then stop being the joker. Usual rules:

• Tease armor (the shopping bags, the scarf in August), never the wound (weight, job, age).
• A line or two, then rapport. Light / serious / light. Endless jokes make you the court fool.
• She laughs and fires back: you landed it. Smile drops: you went too far, regardless of intent.

A Mystery neg is a status nick aimed at women bored of compliments. Later writers allow that amplitude with a smile. It does not make it the default open.

See also

• Negging
• Newbie assignment
• Push-pull
• Calibration
• Direct game