English

Noun

peacocking ‎(uncountable)

1. (seduction community) Ostentatious dress or behaviour employed by a man in an attempt to impress women.
   • 1997, Emily Toth, Ms. Mentor's impeccable advice for women in academia, University of Pennsylvania Press, page 66:

     Peacocking may take place in legislatures and lodges, churches and chain stores. But it is particularly evident and bizarre in academia, a world where everyone is supposed to produce logically ordered exchanges of ideas.

   • 2010, Dag Albright, How to Meet and Pick Up Women, Leisure Crest International, ISBN 1932420959, page 85:

     Men do it to get attention from women. Peacocking in pickup circles is pretty much a given. It's not for everyone and if you do decide to do it, you have to fully commit to it.

   • 2011 April 10, Seth McFarlane as Brian and Stewie Griffin, Tiegs for Two (Family Guy), season 9, episode 14:

     Brian: Quagmire told us to dress flashy so girls would notice us.

     Stewie: Oh, right. Peacocking.

   • Sandor Johnson, Call of the Loons (page 272)

     It's called peacocking. Gets the chicks to notice me. Gives 'em a conversation piece.