Verboticism: Dallywangling

'Do you really think I'm cute?'

DEFINITION: To flirt with a purpose or ulterior motive -- as opposed to casual flirting, which is just for fun.

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Dallywangling

Created by: mdschermer

Pronunciation: *Dal-ly-wang-ling

Sentence: There's a queu an hour long, but I'll dallywangle the bouncer into letting us in right now.

Etymology: to dally: to play amorously, to flirt. + to wangle: to achieve or get by contrivance.

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