cock tease vs soft-soap

cock tease

noun
  • Similarly frustrating teasing, not necessarily either sexual or done by a person. 

  • A person, usually a woman, who teases a man but then withdraws an alluded-to promise of sexual intercourse. 

soft-soap

noun
  • Persuasion by means of flattery or pleasing words. 

verb
  • To attempt to persuade by flattery or pleasing words; to butter up. 

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