The English Oracle

The act of baiting someone into (incorrectly) calling bullshit

--------------------------------------------------
Rise to the top 3% as a developer or hire one of them at Toptal: https://topt.al/25cXVn
--------------------------------------------------

Music by Eric Matyas
https://www.soundimage.org
Track title: Puzzle Game 5

--

Chapters
00:00 The Act Of Baiting Someone Into (Incorrectly) Calling Bullshit
00:54 Answer 1 Score 18
01:11 Answer 2 Score 19
01:31 Accepted Answer Score 101
02:08 Answer 4 Score 19
02:21 Thank you

--

Full question
https://english.stackexchange.com/questi...

--

Content licensed under CC BY-SA
https://meta.stackexchange.com/help/lice...

--

Tags
#singlewordrequests #phraserequests #antonyms

#avk47



ACCEPTED ANSWER

Score 101


A good term for this is double bluff. Collins defines it as:

a truthful action that is executed as if it were a bluff

If you have a good position and make it appear you do not (by faking a tell, loudly proclaiming your ace-high flush, etc) in order to goad them into calling your bluff, you are double bluffing.

This can also be applied the other way. If you have a weak hand, you could double bluff by actually signalling a weak hand in some way, making your opponent assume you're lying (because who signals a weak hand?).




ANSWER 2

Score 19


Two options come to mind.

Sandbagging is more general and I've seen it used in a variety of ways (including metaphorical).

Slow playing I've generally heard more in reference to the actual poker strategy, but I have seen a few occasions where it was also used metaphorically.




ANSWER 3

Score 19


Would bait, feint, or lure fit your definition? Maybe these are too broad, but I usually see baiting as a term used to lure someone into an argument.




ANSWER 4

Score 18


You might use Muhammad Ali's rope-a-dope, about which Wikipedia says it is "used to describe strategies in which one party purposely puts itself in what appears to be a losing position, attempting thereby to become the eventual victor."