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carnegieing

To admit you are at fault in order to get your own way or serve a hidden agenda.

Based on Dale Carnegie's book 'How to win friends and influence people', In tense situations readers are advised to dismiss their egos and apologise in order to maintain healthy relationships.

In a bid to have his room stay tidy he began carnegieing her ego.

by EXcombe January 10, 2014