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December 3, 2010 4:42 am at 4:42 am #593313bombmaniacParticipant
…when a person will take on the traits, mannerisms, and Idiosyncrasies of the person he’s interacting with just to please them or to make them more comfortable by pretending hes one of them?
December 3, 2010 6:17 am at 6:17 am #714586WIYMemberInsecure?
December 3, 2010 1:16 pm at 1:16 pm #714587tzippiMemberAre you thinking of a sycophant? (And there’s only one p in the word.)
December 3, 2010 5:23 pm at 5:23 pm #714588bombmaniacParticipantno no no i mean a person who does this with every single person they meet
December 3, 2010 5:28 pm at 5:28 pm #714589popa_bar_abbaParticipantSycophant? Is that a crazy elephant?
December 3, 2010 5:28 pm at 5:28 pm #714590WolfishMusingsParticipantSocial chameleon?
The Wolf
December 3, 2010 5:41 pm at 5:41 pm #714591ronrsrMemberannoying.
December 3, 2010 6:06 pm at 6:06 pm #714592AinOhdMilvadoParticipanta “zelig” (hamayveen yaveen)
December 3, 2010 6:14 pm at 6:14 pm #714593bombmaniacParticipantgood one wolf 🙂 i just needed a good way of phrasing it for something im working on…
December 3, 2010 6:33 pm at 6:33 pm #714594HealthParticipantSome sort of personality disorder -probably Dependent or possibly Borderline. Definitely needs to go to a shrink for diagnosis and treatment.
December 3, 2010 6:56 pm at 6:56 pm #714595smartcookieMemberA Weirdo
December 3, 2010 7:53 pm at 7:53 pm #714596HaLeiViParticipantI think most people do it, albeit subtly. Watch the eyes of a crowd when they are listening to a vivacious person relate a story in a very animated way. Their eyes open wide with his and their jaws drop when his does. Also, friends seem to pick up each other’s laugh.
December 3, 2010 8:40 pm at 8:40 pm #714597mischiefmakerMemberwannabe
December 4, 2010 11:01 pm at 11:01 pm #714599estherhamalkaMemberI would call it conforming.
December 5, 2010 12:03 am at 12:03 am #714600A23ParticipantIt’s called mirroring.
December 5, 2010 12:12 am at 12:12 am #714601oomisParticipantIt’s called MIRRORING.
December 5, 2010 4:43 am at 4:43 am #714603usbaersMembercornelia otis skinner wrote about the difficulties of having this habit (compulsion?) in one of her autobiographical books, either “the ape in me” (1959) or “that’s me all over” (1948) but i don’t remember if she used any particular term to describe it.
December 5, 2010 7:58 am at 7:58 am #714604bombmaniacParticipantThere we go! thanks A23 and oomis 😀
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