Keep it to a couple light and non-sexual teases unless you take her on an instant date right then and there. Remember, teasing comes down to enjoying yourself and creating a playful dynamic. Use the examples as a guideline but start trying out your own ideas based on your personality. Schedule your free strategy session here. Contact Resources Media About Home. Stop Missing Dating Opportunities. Learn More!
Kiss her with confidence. Does she want you to approach her? Load More Just keep in mind these five points: Make fun of her, not yourself.
Be expressive. Smile, use your hands to gesture, and vary your vocal tonality. At the end of playful phrases, inflect your voice upward. Get passionate and physical. My professorship at MIT comes through next week. If someone asks, "Where have you been? The operation's really humming. Where have YOU been? If someone says, "You look like crap today" come back with, "Apologies, master. To the stocks with I. Shall I bring 'round the Pinto?
Learn the difference between making fun and being cruel. You're not "making fun" of a good friend who gets bad grades and might be sensitive about it to point that out by making a cruel joke and drawing attention to it, but it could be hilarious to tease your buddy who gets straight As in the same way.
Tease someone about their smarts. Making fun of someone for their intelligence can be funny and effective, provided its not a sore spot of their identity: "Is that all the words you know? We're all getting dumber. Tease someone about their looks. Picking on someone's clothes or hair can be a good way of teasing someone gently and making fun.
Avoid picking on people's weight or skin, which can be sensitive areas and cross the line into bullying behavior. Shopping in the douche section again? Except you're not rich and you do nothing for me. You should check. Use funny similes and metaphors. Channel your inner Lil Wayne and use weird similes to make fun of someone. You'll have people in stitches the weirder and the funnier they are.
Embrace randomness and goofiness in your similes. Mock someone with a good impression. Practice your impression so it's as close as possible. Next time they decide to one-up someone or make the same lame joke, let loose with your impression and you'll have everyone in stitches.
It doesn't need to be accurate as much as it needs to be hilarious and over-the-top. A good impression might involve an exaggerated version of one of the following: a distinctive mannerism or gesture a common phrase the person uses a way of walking the person's accent or other verbal tic. Roll your eyes. You can do a lot to make fun of someone without saying anything at all. When your friend says something, react dramatically, as if they just said the dumbest thing you've ever heard.
Roll your eyes, exhale loudly, and let your head fall forward and bang on the table. When everyone turns and looks at you, raise your head back up and say, "Everyone in this room is now dumber for having listened to that. Work on your timing. Learning the right comedic timing is everything when you're making fun of someone. The difference between being mean, letting a joke fall flat, and cutting to a great insult all has to do with the timing. Waiting for the right opportunity to let loose a sarcastic, eye-rolling, "Wow" can do just as much as a long-winded insult you spent hours practicing.
It's a better way to be funny than talking quickly and running over your own jokes. Part 2. Only make fun of your friends. If you want to make fun of someone, make sure that it's coming from a place of friendship.
It's ok to pick on your friends and your siblings, but aggressively making fun of people you don't know well could be taken as bullying. Department of Health and Human Services providing information related to identifying and preventing bullying Go to source You don't know how they'll react, or how personally they'll take it, so be nice.
Make friends first. Know when to quit. Even if you're just teasing, you can take it too far. Make sure the person you're making fun of knows you're joking around and watch for signs that they may be taking it personally. Don't hurt someone's feelings by picking on them repeatedly about the same thing. That can be hurtful and mean. Let them know you're just teasing and be nice to them for a while without making extra jokes.
Spread the wealth. Don't make fun of the same person all the time or they'll feel singled out. Spread it around. Don't make fun of someone more than once a week to play it safe. Tease your closest friends, and then be nice to them. Pick on someone else. Sign up for free and get access to exclusive content:. Free word lists and quizzes from Cambridge.
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