Its the practice of insulting someone to achieve the reaction you were originally looking for. It is a manipulative practice that aims to break down the self e

Its the practice of insulting someone to achieve the reaction you were originally looking for. It is a manipulative practice that aims to break down the self esteem of someone that would otherwise dismiss you, so that they want to validate themselves to you to remain attractive in their own head. All while you just wanted the attention to begin with. A little different from trolling, where you rile someone up just so they embarrass themselves. With negging, you want them to want validation from you and you want a relationship with them. It is a gender-neutral pick up art, more commonly taught by men in communities that want to meet women. Try not to fall for it. Try not to be manipulative. It also works. The pick up art community overlaps with the NLP community which applies their speech hacks in professional and career settings.