Below is a list of pickup terms and acronyms used or referred to in this book. Some are words coined by the community; others come from hypnosis and marketing jargon; and others are common words that have been appropriated by pickup artists. The definitions below pertain solely to each word's use in the context of seduction. Wherever possible, the person credited with coining the term has been cited. AFC—noun [average frustrated chump]: a stereotypical nice guy who has no
pickup skills or understanding of what attracts women; a man who tends to en-
gage in supplicative and wimpy patterns of behavior around women he has not
yet slept with. Origin: Ross Jeffries.
AMOG— 1. noun [alpha male of the group or alpha male other guy]: a socially
comfortable male who competes with a pickup artist for a woman or inter-
feres with a pickup artist's game. Origin: 01d_Dog. 2. verb: to remove a poten-
tial male competitor—through physical, verbal, or psychological tactics—from
a group of women. Also: outalpha. Origin: Tyler Durden.
ANCHOR—1. noun: an external stimulus (a sight, sound, or touch) that triggers
a specific emotional or behavioral response, such as a song that makes one
happy because it's reminiscent of a positive life event. Anchors are used by
pickup artists to associate themselves with a woman's feelings of attraction. 2.
verb: the act of creating an association between an external stimulus and an
emotional or behavioral response. Origin: Richard Bandler and John Grinder.
ASD—noun [anti-slut defense]: the maneuvers some women make to avoid tak-
ing responsibility for initiating or agreeing to sex; or in order to avoid appear-
ing slutty to the man she is with, to her friends, to society, or to herself. This can
occur before or after sex, or it can prevent sex from occurring. Origin: Yaritai.