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Re:My Many Girlfriends by CiPHPerCoder on Thursday January 06, 2022 @09:04AM (#29823640)
> I am sorry, I don't know how to phrase it in English without ruining the nuance. It's a mix of calculating, cunning, and a bit flirtatious?

The closest word I can think for what you describe is insincere. See also: almost every influencer on TikTok.

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Re:My Many Girlfriends by smukherjee19 on Thursday January 06, 2022 @09:30AM (#29823918)
I see where you are coming from with that one. However, this acting doesn't often have that strong of a negative connotation as insincere seems to have. To me, it's a more light thing, a bit of playful acting, atleast for the scenario I mentioned in the previous comment.

Going between languages is hard. :)

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Re:My Many Girlfriends by CiPHPerCoder on Thursday January 06, 2022 @09:45AM (#29824101)
Well, I'm not so sure that insincere has negative connotations in English anymore, given how ubiquitous this behavior is. But point taken.
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Re:My Many Girlfriends by cipheredStones on Thursday January 06, 2022 @11:58AM (#29826092)
"Disingenuous" in the sense of "pretending to be unaware or unsophisticated; faux-naïf"?
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