A named set of specific flirting/teasing line formats that only land once the attitude foundation is in place — the same content delivered flatly can read as creepy rather than playful.
Saying something so obviously over-the-top it can't be taken seriously, which lets a guy plant a heavier idea (like a relationship) in a safe, playful way — e.g. joking about marriage and "2.2 kids" right after meeting. The absurdity is what signals it isn't a literal proposal.
Noticing something real about the other person, then exaggerating it or giving it a playful interpretation — e.g. two people acting in sync becomes a joke about starting a girl band.
Talking about a hypothetical shared future in a silly, exaggerated way (eloping in Vegas, then divorcing and taking "half your money"). Explicitly distinguished from a real, literal invitation — an actual offer like "maybe we'll go to a movie" does not count as this technique, and making a literal ask instead of staying exaggerated is called out as a common mistake.
Assigning a teasing nickname instead of using someone's real name — e.g. calling a girl from a small state "Iowa."
Reusing a detail or story from earlier in the conversation to invent a running joke or nickname later on, showing attentiveness while staying playful — e.g. turning an earlier shoplifting story into calling her "the criminal mastermind."
These formats are separate from, and can be combined with, Push-Pull Teasing — most are pure tease/premise content, while push-pull specifically governs how a positive and negative are balanced against each other.
Naming a woman's involuntary body-language cue back to her (e.g. "you blink a lot") functions as a teasing technique — it makes her self-conscious, the same mechanism Body Language Follows Belief (Indirect Coaching) identifies as the reason direct body-language coaching backfires on students, here deliberately repurposed on someone else. A softer, more beginner-friendly version swaps the clinical callout for a flattering one — "it's so cute the way you blush" — landing the same self-consciousness effect through praise rather than exposure.
Todd V reframes the cold read as an application of open loops rather than a standalone technique: notice something about her and guess at something you couldn't yet know, then pause before revealing it. Because the loop's subject is her — the topic she's most invested in per The "About Her" Cheat Code for Relevance — it lands harder than a generic tease.
Todd's stated realization: negs "don't actually have to be negative." A positive neg — an unexpected, ambiguous compliment where she can't tell if it's a compliment or an insult (e.g., "there's something very surprising about you") — can work as well as or better than a traditional put-down neg. This relocates the neg's actual mechanism from negativity to personal + ambiguous, which is the same push-pull dynamic driving every open loop on this page: give just enough to be intriguing, withhold enough to create doubt.
Source: [The #1 Skill That Makes Women Chase YOU](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1kwE_76Jbj0) (Todd V)
A push-away or indecision line rejects or creates uncertainty about compatibility rather than complimenting outright — e.g. "you and I would not get along" or "I can't decide if I love you or hate you." Unlike a direct opener, these lines supply the uncertainty element of the Sexual Tension Formula (Relevance + Uncertainty + Validation + Investment − Resistance) on their own, prompting her to seek clarity or contest the frame. Deliver casually, as an afterthought (see Congruence Principle (Words, Tone, Body, Eye Contact) on delivery modulation), not as a persona flex.