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Non Verbal Body Language Dictionary ::M::

by Christopher Philip • March 25, 2010 • 0 Comments

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Macroexpressions: A term that compliments microexpressions. It defines nonverbal signals that are easily seen and persist in time such as arm crosses, leg crosses, shoulder shrugs, and facial expressions so forth.

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Man hug or macho hug: Usually a single armed hug flung over the back with the other hand clasped thumb over fist sandwiched in between the chests of each hugger. Usually the fist of the free hand is clenched closed rather than open palmed, but other times it is vigorously slapped over the upper back. The shoulders are also sometimes bumped together with the hands in a thumb over hand shake as the two pull together. The man hug is a less intimate version of the embrace.

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Manipulative body language: Body language aimed specifically to sway a person into doing something that is not in their best interest or believing in something that may be harmful.

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Manipulator: A gesture that produces self-reassurance or one that performs an instrumental task such as straightening a tie which could indicate nervousness or might actually need straightening.

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Masked arm crossing or masked crossed arms: When a person holds a drink across the centerline of the body while seated or standing, hold a drink with both hands or reach across the body to play with a watch or cufflink they are said to have masked an arm cross. These are defensive-protective postures.

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Masked body language: Gestures such as crossing the arms across the body to create comfort but that are disguised as necessary, such as to adjust a watch or cufflink, straighten a tie, or other grooming function. They are said to be masked because they appear to serve a true purpose, but in actual fact, do not.

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Masking: This is a term used to describe a phenomenon by which people dehumanize themselves when in busy public places. It permits people to remove emotions and feelings, at least on the surface, to navigate an impersonal world full of strangers. In evolutionary terms, masking is like a “poker face” that hides insecurities and weakness which might have arisen on chance meetings with foreign tribes. Cussing, yelling and other carrying on is a way to mask sensitivity and to hide caring which is common in places like New York.

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Measurer (the) or measurement gestures or power palms or parallel palms: The hands are moved parallel to one another and juggled up and down as if measuring an object. This signals a desire to project thoughts onto others. A secondary meaning stems from figuratively demonstrating how big an object or idea is. For example, a fish was this big by moving the hands away from each other show just how big.

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Mehrabian, Albert: Born in 1939 Albert Mehrabian is a professor of psychology at UCLA. His nonverbal research findings have been often quoted and his 7%-38%-55% rule has received worldwide attention (and misinterpretation). It is commonly misconstrued to imply that nonverbal messages are 55% of the message, while only 7% is what is actually said, with the remaining 38% due to how it is delivered. However, in actual fact, his studies showed that 7% of liking comes from verbal channels, 38% vocal liking and 55% facial liking. For further investigation on Mehribian see his 1967 studies “Decoding of Inconsistent Communications” and “Inference of Attitudes from Nonverbal Communication in Two Channels.”

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Metronome or metronomic signals: Rhythmic movements such as tapping that indicate a readiness to speak, boredom, or though.

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Microculture: A subset of a larger culture which can be as small as two people.

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Microexpressions: Microexpressions are facial movements or expressions that flash across the face at such a fast rate that they are barely perceivable. Signals are normally used to decipher liars from those telling the truth because they are very small and difficult to control. These cues show up on high speed video cameras played back and persistence from 1/25 to 1/5 of a second. They appear as furrows, smirks, frowns, smiles and wrinkles and can offer an accurate window into emotions. The research are commonly expressed by muscles such as the fontalis, corregator and risorius and they are provoked by underlying emotions that are nearly impossible to control consciously.

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Microgestures or microsignals: A brief nonverbal cue that happens due to an attempt to suppress a normal response to a negative stimuli. Because they happens so quickly they are reliable and termed “honest gestures” according the body language reader. These signals can be quick smirks, nose crinkles, or hands that seem move to pacify only to come up short at the last second.

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Micromessaging or microsignaling: Describes the subtle form of nonverbals that occurs just over the level of consciousness, but of which is difficult to catch if not aware. These are the mild glares, scornful eyes, subtle ignoring through slightly turned shoulders, tiny eye rolling, and so forth. These signals are aimed at belittling a person without them being perfectly aware of the reason they are being rejected. Micromessaging is prevalent in the workplace as bosses and employees power play each other.

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Military man or arms behind the back posture: A posture normally held by dominant individuals and leaders. It occurs by placing the hands, palm in palm behind the back. It can also be held by policemen or the military and can be accompanied by holding the chin up and head held back. Power is the main meaning it delivers, as it exposes the full front of the body to possible attack and also says that a person is so powerful they aren’t to be touched or approached.

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Mince (the): A type of gait which is very fast, but with only short strides.

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Mind strings: A term with roots in hypnosis. Mind strings are triggers which when set or “pulled on” by a stimuli creates predictable responses in people. The analogy which best describes mind strings is that of a piano which when keys are pressed, a string is pulled creating a predictable result – a sound. The mind, through hypnosis and suggestion and daily life, works similarly such that when certain triggers are hit, a person will yield predictable responses. For example, when a person is suddenly screamed at, they react with surprise, or when presented with images of salty chips, begin to salivate. All people are collections of their past including that created through evolution and it is this framework that produces strings which can be pulled. The value of mind strings to the nonverbalist are those which can be pulled to create desirable results. For example, nearly every person has a mind string which says that stylish people are worthy of attention and those who lack style, are not. Pulling on that attractiveness string yields a halo effect. Men who study social dynamics to seduce women will frequently hit strings to pull women into their frame.

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Mirroring or isopraxis: In the simplest form, mirroring is copying the gestures, movements, muscle tension, expressions, voice tonality, breathing, tempo and eye movements of someone else. Mirroring is one of the most important aspects of building empathy with people as it establishes common ground and is akin to a communication dance. Mirroring happens naturally between people we like and with whom have formed a connection. Isopraxis from the Greek iso meaning same and praxis, meaning behaviour.

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Mirror neurons: The discovery of the mirror neuron happened by accident at the University of Parma in Italy by researchers Giacomo Rizzolatti and Vittorio Gallese in 1996. They mirror neuron are responsible for our tendency to imitate others gestures such as yawning and keep us in sync with other people’s movements helping us to build rapport, empathy and cooperation. Mirror neurons are found in the right parietal operculum of the brain and fall into the category motor neuron meaning they control muscles and how your body moves.

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Mixed signals: When nonverbal signals are not of the same type. Signals can be honest and show deception or happiness with signals of sadness mixed in. In these cases, we usually rely on the negative cues as being more honest.

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Moaning: A low songlike musical note or grunt-like sound emitted over a prolonged period of time in repetitive sequence. It can indicate pain, discomfort or displeasure, but also happiness, pleasure and ecstasy.

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Mock fighting or play-fight: Physical wrestling that occurs between friends or family, usually children, or between father and son where the aim is to test strength without injury. Mock fighting is an evolutionary throwaway gesture which would have prepared people for real fighting and war in adulthood.

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Moistening lips: When done by women in courtship indicates sexual interest. Lips are said to imitate the female labia and licking them draws attention by both making them shinny and also by movement – of the tongue.

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Moral looking time: The appropriate eye contact that doesn’t violate someone’s privacy.

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Morris, Desmond, J.: Born 1928, Morris is a British zoologist and ethologist who was made famous by his book “The naked ape” in 1967 which examined humans from an unbiased scientific perspective by discussing them in the same respect as other animals. His contention is that humans are no different than animals and carry with them many prehistoric hunter-gatherer features just as all animals do. His publications have attracted much attention. His focus on humans as animals has done a lot for the study of nonverbal behaviour because it enables researchers to boil down gestures and postures to root causes through evolution. He has also published books such as “Manwatching” later reprinted at “Peoplewatching”, “Gestures: Their origin and distribution”, and “Babywatching” among many others.

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Mouth guard (the): A gesture done by raising the hand to the cheek, or side of the mouth, or by wrapping a finger around the upper lip. Sometimes the hand does a downward swipe with the mouth, the hand is made into a fist and rested against the mouth, or it seems as if the person is talking through their hand. It is an indication of timidity and sometimes linked to dishonesty and low self esteem.

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Movement or motion: Relative movement is an area that is frequently overlooked, but one that is nearly ubiquitous and meaningful. Movement as a nonverbal creates various means such as power, dominance, submission, threat, intimacy, and so forth. Movement can also serve to draw attention and lack thereof signals a desire to blend into the surroundings to go unnoticed. Moving closer to someone signals intimacy and threat, whereas moving away signals dislike and lack of threat.

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Moving toward or shrinking distances: When a person closes the gap between another person it signals interest, commonality, liking, intimacy or affection, a desire to hear more clearly or to show ownership.

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Mumbling: A voice trait where syllables are often jumbled together or inaudible due to low voice volume. Mumbling can be due to distraction, tiredness, chewing food, inebriation. More negative meanings of mumbling includes a lack of self confidence, insecurity, anxiety, inability to articulate thoughts, self-consciousness, preoccupation, fatigue or illness. A mumbler seldom seeks or is able to take leadership roles and are often judged to be depressed or sad. They also habitually use less gestures and appear less animated and less upbeat, have limp bodies, passive motions and tired demeanor.

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Mutual gaze: Happens when two people look each other’s faces which often includes bouts of direct eye-to-eye-gaze.

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Non Verbal Body Language Dictionary ::L::

by Christopher Philip • March 25, 2010 • 0 Comments

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La France, Marianne: Professor at Boston University, Dr. La France is a researcher who studies gender and power reflection within subtle communication processes one of which is nonverbal behaviours. She studies how facial expressions, like smiling, or linguistic strategies like apologizing, reveal clear gender differences. She also examines how humour plays out between the sexes.

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Laughter: Some researchers pin laughs as a modification of the fear response or as a warning that danger was near. By that same theory, we laugh because our brains are scared or frightened which is why we don’t laugh when we hear a joke for the second time and have predicted its outcome. Laughter usually comes about due to humour and helps clarify emotional context (by defining amusement) between people. Laughs follow a “ha-ha-ha” or “ho-ho-ho” pattern, but never “ha-ho-ha-ho”. We can see other variations though like “cha-ha-ha” or “ha-ha-ho.”

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Laughing cycle: Laughter is very contagious and when full blown can perpetuate itself in an open loop circuit until we are unable to breath or are in tears.

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Laissez-faire bosses: The words “laissez-faire” is French for “let be”. Literally, this boss will give an employee free reign, or seemingly so. They have confidence in the ability of others to do a good job, and check in only occasionally to measure progress. They might be friendly, but lack eye contact and expression so as not to become involved with others and take them off task. To work well with this boss, use confident and independent body language. Give off signals that you are working efficiently and are coping with any project given to you. Keep meetings short, update them of your progress every so often, then get back to work.

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Leadership body language: Leadership body language is a set of nonverbal postures and gestures that produce a desire to follow in others. It includes things like dominant postures, serious gaze, head held high, frequent use of touching, infrequent smiling or smiling when appropriate.

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Leading: A process whereby a person is artificially induced to mirror, or match actions in another. The technique involves matching body movements such as hand gestures and leg postures, facial expression, breathing, voice and blinking in another person, then suddenly moving out of sync to pull a target into following your lead.

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Leaked or involuntary body language: Leaked body language is any body language that happens accidentally. It is especially significant in people trying to prevent it from happening as it may indicate a hidden or suppressed emotion. Leaking happens because a person’s conscious mind is only successful at blocking the most obvious gestures and what usually happens is that the gestures are replaced with ones that are slightly less pronounced.

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Leaning toward or leaning away: Related to proximity, leaning is a way the body either shows agreement or liking or disagreement and disliking. When people like things, they will subtly or dramatically move toward them and when they dislike them will move away from them. Leaning can be done either when sitting or standing.

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Left side advantage (the): The distinct benefit of being on the left side when facing an audience or appearing in photographs especially when shaking hands. The person to the left always gains the upper hand in the handshake making them appear more dominant and in control.

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Leg cleansing or leg pacifying behaviour: In response to stress the hands are rubbed against the thigh. It serves three purposes, one, it wipes sweat off the palms, two, it burns off nervous energy and three it pacifies.

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Leg crossing: A form of close body posture that signifies liking when oriented toward someone rather than away, sexual interest when entwine and comfort because it disables a person from leaving.

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Leg spreading: When done by men it is a dominant crotch display, and when done by women usually construed as a sexual invitation or that they have a crass attitude or are “easy.”

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Leg twine: The leg twine is one of the most appealing sitting positions for women. The posture is done by tightly wrapping one around the other and then twining the foot under the calf. The result makes the legs appear extremely toned.

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Liar’s lilt: When a person telling a lie finishes their sentence with an tag question coupled with a high pitched voice nearing the end.

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Lie detection devices: Include thermal scanners, eye trackers, pupillometers, stress sniffers and polygraph machines. Each uses an aspect of arousal to determine variations between a regular baseline of a person, and stress, to uncover stimuli that cause it. Therefore, no such test actually measures lying directly. Pupillometers measure changes in the pupils, eye trackers look at eye patterns, thermal scanners look at heat, light and vibrations emitted from the body, stress sniffer machine measures increases in stress hormones on the breath and polygraphs use a combination of increases in sweat and heart rate to uncover liars. While tests such as these provide results at better than chance, they aren’t perfect and present very obvious limitations.

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Light social hug: One of two types of hugs. This one is used for acquaintances and friends, and happens when the shoulders come together but the hips remain separated and do not press together.

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Liking (nonverbal): Nonverbal communication that shows a person feels a connection and agreement with another person. Liking is conveyed through active eye contact, genuine smiles, nodding, ventral fronting, leaning forward and increased proximity, touching, MISSING?

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Limbically aroused: A state of mind characterized by emotional/fearful body language which is difficult or impossible to consciously remove oneself from. It occurs when stimuli are presented which create a flight or fight response.

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Limbic system or limbic brain or midbrain: The limbic system is a set of brain centers or the “reptilian brain” that includes the amygdale, hippocampus, anterior thalamic nuclei, and limbic cortex. These structures in collection handle emotion (from happiness to anger), behavior, long term memory and olfaction or the sense of smell. They are important in body language because they control nonverbal expressions that come unforced or naturally (rather than those coming from the more advanced neocortex) so are an honest representation of true underlying feelings.

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Limp fish handshake: A handshake that has far too little pressure and indicates a timid personality who feels that touching is a violation of personal space.

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Linear lying: The inability to recall a told lie when it is taken out of sequence. Liars find it easy to tell lies through a progression, but when asking to recall the events back, their imagined activities make it nearly impossible to retell precisely because they have never actually happened.

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Linguistic anthropologists: Researchers who study the development of language including body language over thousands of years.

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Linking arms: Serves a function similar to handholding by providing a touch based connection between two people. It is done by wrapping one arm into another through the inside of the elbow or by grasping the inside of the elbow with a hand. It can become more intimate by pulling the arm inward and “hugging” it usually by the more subordinate individual. Linking arms are habitual between romantic couples and so is an intimate gesture.

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Lint picker: A non-verbal displacement gesture indicating a difference of opinion, disapproval and indifference which is especially salient when lint is entirely absent and eye contact avoided. In dating lint picking is a form of interest through preening to make one appear more attractive, and when done on someone else, is a form of affection.

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Lip biting or biting the lip or cheek biting: Biting the lip with the teeth or chewing on the sides of the mouth indicates hidden insecurity, embarrassment, a vulnerability and a lack of self confidence.

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Lip licking: An increase in lip licking is due to a decrease in saliva production due to high stress. Repeated licking can also serve to pacify and sooth. In this gesture the tongue can be seen darting out of the mouth, swiping the top lip on the way and curling under to swipe the bottom lip as it reenters.

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Lip nibble: When the lower lip is lightly nibbled by the upper teeth and pulled inward slightly. The teeth habitually pull at the corner of the mouth. This is a flirtatious sexual gesture usually performed by women who are using self restraint to stop themselves from acting overtly toward an attractive man. In this case it is shy, innocent and youthful in it’s origin.

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Lip pursing or puckering: When the lips form a pout or kiss. Indicates a sexual cue, or desire to kiss, when in context, or a negative thought indicator or that disagreement is present.

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Lip touching: A gesture done whenever the fingers touch the mouth. It signifies contemplation, insecurity, and flirtation depending on the context. When the finger is passed inside the mouth it is an overt sexual display or an extreme pacifying display.

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Looking askance: Is a nonverbal cue done by tilting the head slightly to the side but stopping short of facing head on where the eyes roll the rest of the way forming a scowl. This face shows disapproval, distrust and suspicion.

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Looking away: A signal of comfort when done within context as it shows that a person is lacking fear, but can also show disrespect in extreme cases as it indicate an aloof attitude.

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Looking past or looking through a person or looking away: The deliberate avoidance of eye contact by defocusing the eyes seemingly peering through people. This is an intense form of eye contact avoidance especially when done to quell the attention seeking of another person or while in an active conversation with someone. The nonverbal interpretation of such a cue includes dominance, superiority, dismissal, or outright, rudeness.

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Looking up through the forehead or the Looking up cluster: Done by tilted the head at a forty-five degree angle and looking upwards. The posture is a reflection back into early childhood as children look up at us as seeking our approval or permission.

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Loud voice: A voice that is forceful and overtakes a room or conversation. It can be booming and baritone or a high pitch shrill soprano. The aim of the speaker is to not be missed, hence the loud voice stems from a person who wishes to gain attention and control others through authority and intimidation. Often, loud voices are aimed at speak over others and show egotism and impatience. Sometimes people misread loud voices as confidence which is rarely the case (when it is used courteously), usually it comes from people fearing not being heard. Loud voices can also be used to persuade others, but only via submission, be used to compensate for a perceived personal flaw, a reaction to hearing loss or inebriation.

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Loving circle: When lovers sit on a couch together they will orient their legs toward each other forming a loop and their arms will meet over the backs for the couch. This is the loving circle and can happen within families, with close friends, associates and between and amongst the sexes. It signifies agreement.

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Low confidence body language: Nonverbal cues that indicate stress, anxiety and discomfort. They include hand hiding behaviours, cowering body postures, shoulders rolled inward, lack of eye contact, feet that are pulled inward or locked around the legs of a chair and so forth.

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Low confidence hand displays: Include hands wringing, the fig leaf, hidden thumbs (in pockets), hand rubbing, palm rubbing, hand hiding, entwined fingers while rubbing, hand wringing and sudden frozen hands. These show low comfort and low self esteem and usually have some form of pacifying element.

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Luncheon test (the): Unspoken rules dictate that a centerline exists about a table or at equidistance from two people (when side by side) and one must not cross it with hands, arms, or artifacts of any kind, including papers, folders, utensils (boardroom setting), salt, pepper and centerpieces (dinner settings). This experiment involves moving the artifacts over the centerline throughout the course of the meal. Reactions will be predictable, as they will either slowly move them back to regain territory or will lean back in their chairs so as to regain space.

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Lying or deceptive body language or dishonesty: Unfortunately for the body language reader there are no set cues that give liars away, however there are cues that signify stress and anxiety or arousal. There are times when lying can be read but it is done only by comparing relaxed body language on a baseline to discomfort body language when presented with a stimuli. The gestures most often associated with liars include increased face touching, pulling the ears, neck scratching or pulling on the collar, hand to eye, mouth or nose, closed body postures, eye avoidance, stammering eyes or shifty eyes, and paraverbal cues. Liars are also often thought to suffer from dry mouth, voice tremors, increases in sweating, jerky movements, and gasping or holding the breath, amongst others. There is no single cue that predicts lying in all circumstances. Most lie detectors are only slightly better then 50% accurate.

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If you are only picking up on what is being said, you are missing more than half of the message.

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Non Verbal Body Language Dictionary ::K::

by Christopher Philip • March 24, 2010 • 0 Comments

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King Arthur’s round table: As an aim to equalize authority amongst his knights, King Arthur swapped a conventional rectangular table round table for a round table. His efforts had another unforeseen effect. Instead of equalizing all members, power trickled-down from his left and right such that those closer held the greatest amount of power until the furthest person away faced him head on in a competitive arrangement.

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Kinesics: The interpretation of body language including facial expressions, gestures and postures, with direct respect to its movement. The term was first used in 1952 by anthropologist Ray Birdwhistell.

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Kinesthetic learners or kinesthetic communicators: Represent 40% of the population and are those who prefer to learn by touch rather then by simply watching. They prefer to jump right in. Kinesthetic learners can be restless or hyperactive when under-stimulated physically. These types of learner will prefer dioramas, physical models, role-playing, or reenactments. Kinesthetic communicators use phrases such as: This feel right. Can you grasp the concept? Have you lost your motivation? Let’s touch on this subject. Here’s a rough draft. Get a grip on yourself. I think things went smoothly. Let’s let him/her cool off. Can you feel the excitement? This decision carries a lot of weight.

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Kino anchored motion inducement (KAMI): A term used in pick-up and the PUA community whereby touch is used to help lead women where a man wishes to move her. KAMI includes guiding women by their lower back, touching the upper arm to indicate where he would like her to stand, pushing lightly on the upper hip to have her sit, or by wrapping the hand around the wrist to lock the woman’s hand to the man’s. KAMI is not forceful, but rather a light leading and relies on the interpretation of the muscular reflexes of the women causing her to take the path or least resistance.

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Kino escalation: A term used to describe the use of touch from first touch to sex. The word escalation refers to the sequential progression from accidental touching straight up to full blow permitted sexual touching. The touch sequence begins first by touching nonsexual areas such as elbows, hands or shoulders or through playful pushes, high fives and up to the torso, legs, face and hair, and eventually to kissing, and so forth.

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Kino pinging: A term used by pick-up artists meant to describe light and brief casual touching, to whoever is around them (men and women) in a non-threatening, nonsexual manner as a prelude to possible kino escalation.

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Kino steps: A specific formula used by pick-up artists of which touch is sequentially dictated in order to yield a specific result. It is a way to simplify and code a kino escalation routine of various forms. For example, the “high five and spin her around” routine follows from a) initiate conversation b) touching her briefly c) requesting to hold her hand d) lifting her hand across her body, lift and spinning her around, followed lastly by e) exit from her company to create importance or social proof through absence i.e. having better things to do.

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Kino test: A pick-up artist term that describes the willingness of a woman to comply with increased touching or kino escalation. It is usually as simple as initiating touch, then waiting for it to be reciprocated.

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Kiss hello or welcome/departure kiss: A greeting or departure gesture done by direct kiss to the cheek or the air next to the cheek or sometimes by pressing cheek to cheek and making a kissing sound. Sometimes it involves just one kiss and others it is done up to three times from one side to the other.

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Kissing: A display of affection done by pressing the lips of one person against that of another’s. Kissing can be closed mouth, a “peck”, or open, “French kiss” or done mouth to cheek or even mouth kissing the air next to the cheek – a common greeting gesture. The open mouth kiss is an intimate form of kissing reserved for romantic couples whereas cheek kissing is used between family members such as a mother or father and their children.

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Knee knee leg cross or knee-knee cross: This is an informal and common sitting posture where the leg rests over the knee of the other leg. Women with short skirts will be found to reveal thigh in this posture. Men in formal situations will adopt this sitting posture, but it’s not as common as the ankle over knee sitting position (the figure-four).

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Kowtow position: A submissive posture that includes bending the torso forward at the waist. It stems from the Chinese bow serving to show respect for higher ranking individuals.

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Non Verbal Body Language Dictionary ::G::

by Christopher Philip • March 23, 2010 • 0 Comments

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Gait or bipedal gait: Refers to the style or mechanics of locomotion in humans and animals. Scientists have identified thirty six different types of gait in the human species. They include the hobble, the mince, the glide, the bounce, the stride, the wiggle, the dart, the prance and the run.

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Gazing adoringly: An eye pattern that stems from infatuation and deep love and affection that lacks any negative emotion whatsoever. The eyes and eyelids relax and move freely from each eye to the mouth and lips, with brief glances to the rest of the face including hair and ears. Gazing adoringly happens during courtship between couples and between mothers and their newborn infants as they bond to each other.

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Gaze avoidance or averting eyes: When a person purposely prevents or avoids eye contact, either to show disinterest, to scorn, or to show a difference of opinion or even submission.

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Gazing: A gaze is an inviting display of warmth where positive emotions are attached to the face making it appear softer. Opposite to the gaze is the stare which acts like daggers shooting invisible arrows into the face of another. Eye gaze reveals cues to interest, attention, affiliation, intimacy, approval, dominance, aggression and openness to personal involvement.

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Gaze omission: Defined as a failure to look at someone without intending to (rather than avoidance).

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Gravity defying body language: Body language that is a measures a person’s exuberance and demonstrates that they feel happy. It includes raising the arms, having a bounce in the step, swinging hands while walking, having an upright posture and so forth. When sports players score a goal, they celebrate by expending energy that seems to be in no short supply by flinging their arms in the air.

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Genital framing: A posture where the hands and fingers draw attention to the genitals. Men can genital frame by placing their thumbs in belt loops and aiming the fingers toward their penis and women can place their hands on their hips aiming the fingers in the same direction.

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Genuine emotions: These are facial expressions that usually only last a fleeting moment, only to quickly disappear. Facial expressions that last too long and are poorly timed with events are usually insincere.

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Gesticulation: The use of the hands to add colour and meaning to language. Gesticulation includes movements of the hands such as hitting motions, cutting, begging and so forth.

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Gestures or gesture: A form of nonverbal communication or body language that produces specific messages and meaning. They include movements of the hands, face, and body, but do not include other facets of body language such as proxemics, facial expressions and postures, which are ways in which the body holds itself to display meaning. Gestures include emblems, that are used to replace specific words in speech, and illustrators which are used to colour language, in addition to sign language which is an entire set of body movements used to replace verbal speech altogether.

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Glide (the): An elegant gait type characterized by short but deliberate movements of the feet.

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Greeting gestures: These includes motions designed to greet others and are different across cultures. They include handshaking, bowing, waving, full salaam, namaste, cheek kissing, hugging, hand kissing and so forth.

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Greetings: These include gestures aimed at welcoming someone after a separation or done upon meeting someone for the first time. They include waves, handshakes, hugs, salutes, bows, curtseys, and so forth and are culturally specific.

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Grief muscle: The French call the area between the brows, the “grief muscle” and is activated to pull the eyebrows together to express both pain, as well as when you wish to inflict it. This muscle is sometimes flashed across the face as a microexpression.

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Grief or sorrow: A general lose of positive energy which tends to override other emotions. Signs of grief include tears, listlessness, inability to complete common tasks, isolation, apathy, downcast eyes, relaxed facial muscles, slumped body, motionless or slow movement.

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Grin or smirk: This smile indicates smugness and arrogance. It is a tight lipped smile with the addition of a degree self satisfaction for good measure. The smirk has accompanying dominant body language such as head back, shoulders back, open postures along with dialogue riddle with exuberant pride.

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Grinder, John, T.: Graduate of the University of San Francisco in the early 1960’s and bests known for his work in neuro-linguistic programming (NLP) with Richard Bandler.

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Grooming and preening: These have two unrelated message in body language. One meaning says that a person is keeping their bodies clean and presentable to show the world that they are in good mental health since it is one of the first characteristics that becomes lax when disease sets in. Preening can also be used to show detachment from conversations through eye contact avoidance and attention displacement which is the case when eyes avoid contact with another in order to remove imaginary lint.

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Group dynamics: The study of how people interact in clusters drawing on fields such as psychology, sociology and communication studies including nonverbal body language. When nonverbalist examine people in groups, a complex array of body language occurs of which is not present in dyadic situations. When looking at groups it is possible to determine hierarchy, social status, friendliness or lack thereof, attraction and repulsion, amongst many others.

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Guiding body language: Using a hand to lightly push on another person’s back to move them in a desirable position, pulling someone in when shaking hands, using a finger to beckon someone closer, or using alluring eye contact are all ways to influence people to move in ways desirable.

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Guillaume Duchenne: French researcher Guillaume Duchenne was first to research smiles using electrodiagnostics and electrical stimulation to distinguish between real and fake smiles. The honest smile has also been named after him; the “Duchenne smile.”

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Guilty knowledge: Nonverbal body language that shows discomfort such as hand wringing, foot and hand withdrawal, pacifying behaviours, leaning away, stiff postures and movements, unsmiling lips, furtive looking about, restlessness and tension due to the stress associated with lying.

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Gustatory processing: A secondary way of processing information like visual and auditory except the primary means involves the sense of taste. It falls out of the normal realm with which people process information they receive but is occasionally referred to as a vestige. People will use terms such as the following when they refer to their gustatory sense: This just rolls off the tongue. This deal is sweet like candy. Don’t be so bitter. What a juicy story.

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If you are only picking up on what is being said, you are missing more than half of the message.

For more information on BodyLanguage be sure to check out: BodyLanguageProject.com and the Ebook – The Body Language Guide to Dating, Attraction and Sexual Body Language.

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Non Verbal Body Language Dictionary ::F::

by Christopher Philip • March 23, 2010 • 0 Comments

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Face gaze: A type of gaze pattern where a person directs eyes to another person’s face (over say their eyes or body). It can be done in several ways and produce varied feelings depending on the pattern by which it occurs.

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Face platter (the): A positive gesture used in courtship done by resting the chin on the backside of the hands and propping it up, essentially “serving the face on a platter.”

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Facial action coding system or FACT: The Facial Action Coding System is a system that deals with forty-six facial movements classified into more than 10,000 microexpressions. The manual details how the face behaves based on the muscles that control it. The guide is a combination of still images, digital video and written descriptions and is of interest not only to lie detectors, but also to animators, computer scientists who create facial recognition software and other personnel who need to know how the face moves and why.

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Facial protective response: An involuntary reflex action which produces a tight closing of the eyes or wincing coupled with a lowering of the head or a sharp turn sideways.

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Face wince: Lowered eyebrows due to a sharp pain.

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Facial expressions: A very important form of nonverbal communication that involve the face in displaying various emotional states. Facial expressions can be voluntary, and at times, involuntary, and others still can flash instantly and disappear just as fast which are called microexpressions. Facial expressions are diverse, and sometimes universal, such as the six expressions – fear, anger, disgust, sadness, surprise and happiness. Research has shown that women are much more perceptive of the minute changes in the faces than men and so tend to be more adept at reading facial expressions.

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Facial irregularities: Include blemishes such as moles or warts. If conspicuous such as a mole at the tip of the nose it can signify that a person is confident in themselves, have been raise in a culture that sees physical appearance as being a low priority, a desire to resist conforming to society, or is rebellious.

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Fake sexual indicator of interest (fsIOI): Positive sexual body language of interest that are not genuine usually delivered by women (but sometimes by men) who wish to gain favours, such as free drinks, money and so forth from the opposite sex. This is usual for women who work in tip-based industries like severs in bars, restaurants and especially strip clubs who’s sole purpose is to act as if they wish to sleep with their patrons. Fake indicators of interest can also come from men and women in everyday life who wish to gain access to various forms of resources.

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False smile or phoney smile: Where the eyes play no part, that is there are no wrinkles in the corners of the eyes as in the Duchenne smile and the mouth is stretched across the face, teeth often bared, with a tense jaw. This smile is not genuine.

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Fashion: Clothing is a language in and of itself which provides all sorts of cues about its wearer. It can indicate sex, age, occupation, origin, social class, personality and beliefs. Clothing can also tell others where we are headed as well as what we are about to do. In body language fashion is important to those we wish to impress and also to those whom we pass along the way to meet them.

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Fastidiousness body language: A personality trait that shows through with nonverbal cues includes perfectly pressed shirts, polished shoes, well trimmed beard or eyebrows, precisely positioned pocket scarf and so forth. These traits reveal a character by matter of degree. Within limits fastidiousness reveals egotistical, structured, inflexible, unimaginative, vain, and concerned about the impressions of others. In an extreme form it reveals obsessive compulsive disorder. When people lack fastidiousness it can be due to a lack of money (with a frugal nature), but only in so much as what is worn is well maintained and cleaned despite is heavy use.

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Fear or fearful body language: An activation of the flight or fight response through the autonomic system due to extremely negative stimuli. Nonverbal symptoms of fear include wide eyes, screaming, hands covering the face, a frozen posture, flushing, gulping, looking around nervously, clutching the hands together or gripping an object, blocking the body with the hands, shifting backwards, turning away, grabbing other people, shaking, heavy breathing, holding the breath, walking quickly, stiffness, licking the lips and taking tentative steps.

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Fear facial expression: Fear is characterized by a quick upward movement of the eyebrows formulating wrinkles in the middle of the forehead, raised eyelids and open mouth. Fear and surprise are easily confused, but fear uses the muscles between the brows called the “grief muscles” as they are activated to express pain as well as when you wish to inflict it.

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Fear response: A primal visceral set of nonverbal cues that stem from fear. These cues are usually very honest and are seldom faked which makes them extremely reliable and useful. Fear responses are usually displayed subtly through gesture reduction but can also be extreme where the full body ceases movement and breath is seemingly held.

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Fear smile or fearful smile: A smile where the lips are stretched to form a rectangular shape. These muscles sometimes pull the corners of the mouth upwards slightly to produce a grimace. Accompanying the lips stretch is a contraction of the eyebrows together coupled with an upward lift and widened eyes.

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Feedback signals: Nonverbal body language occurring as a two way from person to person as an indication of the level of rapport and agreement being experience. The signals are wide and varied including head nodding, arms crossing, torso orientation, eye contact and so forth.

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Feigned disinterest: A manipulative body language technique that uses negative body language to attract attention. Turned the back to an attractive female or walking away during a discussion to induce chasing are two examples of feigned disinterest. It is a way to conceal true emotions, yet achieves similar or even better results that what might result from genuine cues.

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Felt smile: A real genuine smile where they muscles surrounding the eyes tighten.

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Fetal position: An extreme form of closed posture where the knees are pulled into the body and hugged. The abbreviated form of this position is to pull the limbs in closer to the body and across the centerline as in the “self hug.”

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Fidgeting or fidget: Fidgeting is an indication of boredom as the body is given signals to take action and leave the conversation – like the body revving its engine in preparation. Fidgeting is therefore a substitute to walking or running where neither is socially acceptable or the situation warrants otherwise. Fidgeting includes repetitive behaviours such as tapping the toes, swinging the feet with one crossed over the other, or drumming the fingers.

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Fight or flight response (the): Better termed the freeze, flight or fight response since it truly reflects the order by which the actions take place. It is telling in body language because bodies that are threatened often show varying degrees of a freeze response, which can be subtle, such as a reduction in gesturing to the more extreme (yet still subtle) such as locking the ankles around a chair. From there, bodies will tend to indicate a desire to flee by orienting toward doorways with toes and torsos. This is followed by fight, but only under extreme circumstances, where bodies tense up, fists clench and chins protrude.

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Fig leaf position: The fig leaf posture by either sex is a closed body position. It blocks the private mid section from view. This posture occurs by placing one or both hands in front of the crotch blocking it from view. The hands are usually clasped together. It shows insecurity and occurs when someone is in a novel environment or around people they don’t know and aren’t familiar with.

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Figure four seating position (the) or the ankle-knee cross: This seating position occurs as the ankle is pulled over the knee of the opposite leg forming the figure four position. The figure four is an open, dominant posture, and a seated crotch display. It is rarely performed by women especially those wearing skirts, but favoured by macho men wishing to impose themselves. When performed by women, it is as an attempt to be one of the boys.

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Figure four leg clamp (the) or figure four leg lock or leg clamp: Done as above where the ankle is pulled over the knee of the opposite leg forming the figure four position except in this case the arm grabs the ankle to lock it in place. It indicates a stubborn individual who’s aim is to resisting opinions.

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Filler sounds: Verbal cues that are used to replace actual words when no words come readily. Filler sounds include “mmms” and “ahhs” and “like.” Use of these sounds make a speaker seem less confident and knowledgeable.

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Finger moving up the chin: The index finger is moved up the outside of the cheek from the jaw line toward the temples. This is an evaluative gesture, but one that leans toward a negative outcome (critical judgement).

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Finger pointing or finger pointer: Pointing fingers is a universal gesture that is negative in nature because it is as if the person is throwing spears. Finger pointing usually appears during aggressive verbal arguments.

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Finger spreader: The hands are held out and finger splayed apart facing palm to the audience. This is an attempt to make contact with the entire audience.

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First impressions: One of the most important and longest lasting characterization of a person is the result of the first few seconds after meeting. The first impression is formulated quickly and is long lasting requiring a heavy amount of effort to change once established. People are said to create first impressions in under 5 seconds making them very important. First impressions are created by nonverbal characteristics such as style of dress, hygiene, how the body is carried including posture, voice qualities if a person is speaking, and so forth.

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Fist bump: A greeting gesture where two closed fists bump up against each other knuckles first. It is a signal of cohesion showing solidarity and affection without a great deal of intimacy. It is usually reserved as a gesture between macho men and is not a submissive gesture. The fist bump is also a growing way to reduce the spread of germs since the knuckles are usually much drier making them less prone to bacterial growth.

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Fish and lure: Sexual signals put out by available women in a broadstroke fashion, absent of eye contact and direction, sent off into the room at large in efforts to attract solicitors.

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Fist clenching: Holding the fists clenched shows aggression, defensiveness and sometimes a readiness to attack. First clenching sometimes happens when no physical attack is immanent and is a restraint posture.

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Five cardinal rules of body language: To learn the true story about a person using body language one must use the five cardinal rules which are the ‘rule of four’, congruency, context, baselining, and intuition.

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Flamboyance or flamboyant style: A nonverbal term used to describe clothing with bright colours, shocking and unique attire, eye grabbing jewelry, and other articles that produce interest. They can include funky hats, big belt buckles and gaudy earrings amongst others. People who wear this type of dress are seeking attention. Extremely flamboyant people are sometimes insecure, lonely, needy and bored or dissatisfied with their life but at other times they are confident and self-assured. The nonverbal message created by flamboyance includes creativity, artesian, well-to-do, lack of practicality, noncomformist, don’t care what others think provided they have an audience, independent and flaky.

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Flashbulb eyes: Happens by dramatically opening the eyes as big and wide as possible. The eyebrows usually arch in unison as well to make the eyes appear even larger. The cue is usually done to indicate surprise and positive emotions such as being excited to see someone, or have been given a promotion.

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Flash frozen: When movement in the body of a person suddenly stops. Happens due to the presentation of a stimuli that creates high immediate anxiety.

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Fleeting expressions: Facial expressions that are very brief in duration. They are habitually reliable and honest cues that are genuinely felt. Usually they occur in only one-fifth of a second. They are sometimes referred to as microexpressions.

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Flirtation: A form of human interaction between two people expressing a sexual or romantic interest. Flirting body language is numerous and varied and includes hair tosses, preening, smiling and touching.

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Flirting: A body language transaction between people that indicates sexual interest. Flirting includes romantic eye contact, increased proximity, touching, laughing or telling jokes, smiling, grooming and conversations with sexual overtones. Women flirt through various nonverbal displays such as hair tossing, lip licking and displays of the neck and men use displays of dominance such as crotch displays and appearing larger through body spreading. Flirting nonverbal communication is not always a prelude to sexual intimacy, it is sometimes used just to test interest, or for pure amusement.

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Floor apportionment: The turn taking that happens between people when speaking which is controlled by various nonverbal signals such as nods, grunts, shifting of gaze, lip parting (as if to speak), tone of voice, and so forth. Floor apportionment refers to a speaker “having the floor.”

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Flow: Body language is like verbal and written language; it has structure. Body language flows, it has its own rhythm, vocabulary, grammar and punctuation. Part of the way things come together is connected to congruence, meaning that the overall body of language comes together seamlessly to produce coherent messages.

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fMRI: is the abbreviation for functional magnetic resonance imaging which enables researchers to create maps of the brain’s networks as it processes thoughts, sensations, memories, and motor commands. The fMRI measures blood flow and hence measures which areas of the brain are using up oxygen faster and are working harder. Proponents of fMRI machines in lie detection claim that if you can get hits in all three zones of the brain at the same time you can catch liars.

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Foot forward leg stance: A standing position where one foot is placed in front of the other and the weight is shifted to one hip. The pointed foot indicates where the mind wishes to go.

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Foot kicking or jiggling or leg kick response: Foot kicking while seated shows that a person has heard something negative. It is a response to discomfort and is a direct consequence of the fight or flight response.

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Forced laughter: Laughter that is meant to disguise hidden anxiety or disagreement, be polite, or in efforts to connect with new people.

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Forehead bow: The forehead bow is a posture done by artificially lowering the head, then looking up from under the eyebrows. It is a submissive posture and can be done by anyone but is especially prevalent during courtship. When done by women toward a man it is a “come hither” look and when done by children shows shyness and submission. It has roots in the bow (greeting gesture).

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Four minute rule: The four minute rule says that life-long impressions about people are formulated in the mind’s of others within the first four minutes of meeting someone. Once a judgment has been past, people will vigorously resist changing it making that time block the most important.

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Follower (the): A type of client who wishes the salesperson to take charge. They are unsure of what they are looking for, usually ask inappropriate questions, show submissive body language, show timidity and nervousness and take up less space than normal.

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Forehead rubbing: Rubbing the forehead is an indication of an internal struggle or discomfort.

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Friendly clients: A type of client that wishes to build rapport, they use plenty of eye contact, touch, and like to chat. They wish to be sold on the entire package including the sale pitch and the salesman.

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Friendship touching or friendly touching: Touching aimed at creating or maintaining bonds such as back rubbing, hugging, placing the arm around the back, shaking hands, etc.

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Fred Inbau: The most influential manual regarding suspect interviewing was written by Fred Inbau, Reid and Buckley in 2001 “Criminal interrogation and confession” and is the handbook used by police officers in training.

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Freeze, fight or flight: The fight or flight response is a misnomer especially as it applies to body language since it is not actually how humans or other animals respond to stress and danger. Most animals, humans included, will naturally sequence freeze, flight and flight in that order. Freezing is important to assess the situation, for how does one know what they are running from, and in what direction, if they don’t first identify the object of their fear and this is reflected in many forms through nonverbal cues.

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Freezing or stiffened movement: A flight or flight response where through visceral processes the body ceases up and significantly reducers or eliminates normal fluid movement. This is due to fear, anxiety, or lying and accompanies negative stimuli. The degree of freezing is proportional to the degree of stress caused. The freeze response is designed to reduce the attention that movement otherwise attracts. This is called “hiding in plain sight.”

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Frowning or frown: A downward pull of the corners of the mouth and eyelids showing displeasure or disapproval.

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Frozen hands: Hands that seem to suddenly stop moving can sometimes indicate that lying is taking place but is more reliably and indicator of discomfort. Frozen hands is part of the freeze response due to fear.

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Frustration or frustrated body language: Nonverbal cues which are exhibited by people who feel a lack of power to rectify an issue. They can either be “confrontational” such as frequent direct eye contact, repeating phrases several times, violations of personal space, heavy gesticulation, pointing and shrugging or they can be “surrendering” such as sighs, rapid exhalation, grimacing, hands on the hips, hands on the head, melodramatic movements, rolling the eyes, shaking the head, throwing the hands in the air, shrugging, turning and walking away.

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F%$k me eyes: A sexual eye pattern usually best accomplished by women who indicate to men that they wish to have sex with them. When most obvious the eye patterns make women appear predatory.

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Fugitive (the): A state of mind wherein the body indicates a desire to flee. The body takes up closed body positions and leans back and away from whomever they are with. This indicates boredom or a desire to leave, hence the term fugitive.

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Full body hug or embrace: One of two types of hugs. This one is reserved for sexual partners and occurs with full chest to chest and hip to hip contact.

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Full body steeple, catapult (the), or the hooding effect: Occurs by placing both hands up and behind the head while seated. It is an extremely dominant and possibly arrogant display. The full body steeple is common to professionals such as lawyers, accountants, managers, bosses, and others that feel superior then their counterparts.

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Full lips: When the lips are relaxed and plump opposite to lip pursing. This nonverbal cue indicates true contentment.

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Full salaam: A greeting gesture performed by touching the chest just above the heart, bringing the hand up and touching the forehead with the fingers and then sweeping the hand up and out.

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Furrowed forehead: Frowning done by creasing the forehead and brow indicates anxiousness, sadness, concentration, concern, bewilderment or anger.

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If you are only picking up on what is being said, you are missing more than half of the message.

For more information on BodyLanguage be sure to check out: BodyLanguageProject.com and the Ebook – The Body Language Guide to Dating, Attraction and Sexual Body Language.

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