PUA nán Meaning: “PUA” is the abbreviation for a “pickup artist,” referring to a person who practices finding, attracting and seducing sexual partners, and “男” means “male.” The use of “pickup” in this context, slang for making a casual acquaintance with a stranger in anticipation of sexual relations, was popularized by the 1970 book “How to Pick Up Girls” by Eric Weber and the 1987 semi-autobiographical romantic comedy “The Pickup Artist,” written and directed by James Toback. The term “pickup artist” is also associated with the seduction community, a heterosexual male subculture which strives to improve sexual and romantic abilities with women. These people receive mixed-to-negative responses from the press and general public, with many regarding both the practice and theory as immoral, sexist and ineffective. Example: A: 小丽最近怎么失魂落魄的? Xiǎolì zuìjìn zěnme shīhún-luòpò de? Why is Xiaoli not quite herself recently? B: 她上个月交了个男朋友,没想到是个PUA男,刚 分手了。 Tā shànggeyuè jiāo le ge nánpéngyou ,méixiǎngdào shì ge PUA nán ,gāng fēnshǒu le。 She dated a guy last month who turned out to be a pickup artist. She hasn’t recovered from the breakup. |