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PUA

Traditional form:

PUA

Pinyin (reading):

P U A

Definitions:

  • (neologism c. 2019) to exert control over (sb) by means of psychological manipulation (e.g. negging)
  • a person who does so (loanword from "pickup artist")
  • pr. (pīwū'ēi)

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