Trollope ploy

== English == === Etymology === Named after an incident from an Anthony Trollope novel in which a woman interprets a casual romantic gesture as a marriage proposal. === Noun === Trollope ploy (plural Trollope ploys) A negotiation technique in which a proposal from another party is deliberately misinterpreted in such a way that it is more to the responding party's liking, with the aim of having the misinterpreted version accepted in the interests of diplomacy.