- Should I tell him she’s waiting outside, or is that too much social engineering?
social engineering
verb; folk etymology
Matchmaking, attempting to manipulate two people together in hopes of sparking a romantic relationship Making a play on the many fields of engineering (civil, mechanical, electrical, etc.) especially prominent at Rice by term matchmaking “social engineering”. The speaker was making a pun that any activity can be formed into a type of engineering discipline.
Etymology : Folk Etymology: engineering from Latin ingenium 'ability' as in manipulating a situation or data and social from Latin socius 'companion' refers to a social setting, the interaction of people
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Last modified: 10 June 2008