trade-last

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trade-last

noun trade-lasts

  1. US A compliment heard about another person, offered to be repeated to that person in exchange for another repeated compliment about the speaker. American adolescents regularly deal in "trade-lasts," compliments in exchange for another. They will tell you something flattering about yourself after you tell them a flattering remark you have heard about them.

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@misc{trade_last_2026,
  title = {trade-last},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/trade-last},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}