Meaning of duping delight | Babel Free

Definitions

The pleasure of being able to manipulate and/or deceive someone, often made visible and obvious to others by flashing a smile at an inappropriate moment; getting delight out of duping an unsuspecting person.

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Examples

“High-stake lies may also generate⟳ emotions that don't fit what the person is saying: fear of being caught, guilt about lying, or what I call⟳ 'duping delight', may leak in the face⟳, body or voice and suggest⟳ the person is not being truthful. http://www.theguardian.com/uk/2003/apr/27/ukcrime9”

“Weiner smiled inappropriately during many interviews, revealing what interrogators refer⟳ to as "duping delight" -- a flash⟳ of a smile⟳ at the unconscious pleasure of "getting away with it." http://www.huffingtonpost.com/pamela-meyer/seven-big-lies-about-lyin_b_874899.html”

“Of course, this sent a tsunami of duping delight gushing through my veins.”

“It is important to draw⟳ the distinction between duping delight and pathological lying.”

“The duping delight increases when the liars have⟳ successfully deceived people with high reputation of being difficult to be fooled.”

“Unfortunately, dealing with a human being displaying duping delight is not so simple. https://web.archive.org/web/20150917064650/http://familyarrested.com/what-is-duping-delight/”

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