Pickup artist
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'''Pickup artist''' describes a man who is skilled, or who tries to be skilled at meeting, attracting, and [[seduction|seducing]] women. | '''Pickup artist''' describes a man who is skilled, or who tries to be skilled at meeting, attracting, and [[seduction|seducing]] women. | ||
- | The use of ''pickup'' in this context, [[slang]] for making a casual acquaintance with a stranger in anticipation of sexual relations, dates from at least 1970 {{Citation needed|date=May 2010}} and the book ''How to Pick Up Girls'' by Eric Weber. The phrase was also popularized by ''Pick-Up Times'', a short-lived 1970s magazine and the 1987 semi-autobiographical film, ''[[The Pick-up Artist (film)|The Pick-up Artist]]'', written and directed by [[James Toback]]. | + | The use of ''pickup'' in this context, [[slang]] for making a casual acquaintance with a stranger in anticipation of sexual relations, dates from at least 1970 and the book ''How to Pick Up Girls'' by Eric Weber. The phrase was also popularized by ''Pick-Up Times'', a short-lived 1970s magazine and the 1987 semi-autobiographical film, ''[[The Pick-up Artist (film)|The Pick-up Artist]]'', written and directed by [[James Toback]]. |
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Pickup artist describes a man who is skilled, or who tries to be skilled at meeting, attracting, and seducing women.
The use of pickup in this context, slang for making a casual acquaintance with a stranger in anticipation of sexual relations, dates from at least 1970 and the book How to Pick Up Girls by Eric Weber. The phrase was also popularized by Pick-Up Times, a short-lived 1970s magazine and the 1987 semi-autobiographical film, The Pick-up Artist, written and directed by James Toback.
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