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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