wingman

A new word for a time-honored role, a "wingperson" is someone who helps his or her friend meet a potential love interest. According to Gabe Fischbarg, author of the book The Guide to Picking Up Girls, there are three basic steps to the role of a successful wingperson:

* Step One: The wingman or wingwoman is someone who's comfortable talking to strangers and helps find a way to strike up a conversation and introduce his or her friend.

* Step Two: If the potential love interest is with friends, the wingperson helps keep those friends occupied so there's a chance for the friend to make a love connection.

* Step Three: The wingperson also does everything possible to make the friend who's trying to score look brilliant, funny and enticing.

"In other words, it's always easier if someone else says nice things about you. If you do it, it sounds like you're bragging," says Fischbarg, whose book dedicates an entire chapter to the topic of wingmen.

The role has become so popular that businesses have sprung up, where one can rent a wingperson. A client can also go to a website and advertise for a wingperson; one site will even send an email, free of charge, to sing the client's praises to someone he/she may be too shy to approach on his/her own.

Last updated: December 15, 2004.

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