to use a purportedly neutral moderation role to deftly steer a process to some desired outcome, thus combining facilitation with manipulation, as in “That was some masterful facipulation in the strategy workshop, he knew exactly where the brainstorming would end up”; the clunky nature of this mashed-up term means its usage is always tinged with humor; the line between such behavior and skillfully guiding a free-flowing conversation to a productive outcome is not always obvious, so characterizing another’s actions in this way may depend on how far the result diverged from one’s own inclinations