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Named after the notorious Marvel Comics supervillain, kingpinning is the act of methodically leveraging observations and social interactions for personal gain.
Benjamin Linus from LOST was a master of kingpinning; he could find out what a person was emotionally invested in and exploit it.
by teekaycee September 01, 2011
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Jun 18 Word of the Day
Adj. Something that is expected to have a long lifespan by virtue of having existed for a long time, based on the lindy effect, named for the New York restaurant Lindy's, coined by Albert Goldman and popularized by Nassim Taleb.
cooking with fire is lindy
by mmebs June 13, 2021
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