compliment fishing
noun/ˈkɑmpləməntˈfɪʃɪŋ/US
Definitions
The act of fishing for compliments
The act of fishing for compliments; self-deprecating for the purpose of baiting other people into giving praise or compliments.
The neighborhood
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for compliment fishing. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA