blackmail
Blackmail refers to a situation that arises when a person threatens another person with some form of punishment if they do not offer some form of
concessions. Blackmail is usually the result of one person somehow obtaining embarassing information about another and threatening to
disclose it unless some form of payment (money or favors) is offered. The term originates from the words "black" and "mail", which referred to the dark or threatening nature of the letters (mail) that were received detailing the threat. Although
blackmail usually entails paying a price to obtain another person's silence about an embarassing situation, it need not involve an actual event before it can be conducted. The threat of embarassing someone for a
contrived event can be enough to conduct blackmail effectively, provided the threat is believable.
blackmail
by werecoolx3 on Aug 28, 2010 12:43:53
noun: a horrible or funny
embarrassing picture of a friend or someone that
you know that you are able to use against them
verb: (to) blackmail; to take an embarrassing picture or to use an embarrassing picture against somebody.
blackmail
by downloader676 on Apr 24, 2011 05:52:03
Blackmail
by CNNknowsMyName on Jul 06, 2017 18:06:58
Example:
E.g. CNN threatened to broadcast a Reddit posters
personal information to over 2 billion people worldwide unless he took down and apologised for a hilarious meme he (allegedly) made of president Trump wrestling CNN
WWF style, that is actually
blackmail.
Blackmail
by PteroIsabela on Feb 04, 2021 04:07:05
Blackmail
by hlposerpwner on May 06, 2010 13:51:35
Emotional Blackmail
by OneBadAsp on Oct 23, 2006 02:40:23
When the people in your life use fear,
obligation, and guilt to manipulate you. It is a very powerful form of manipulation in which the person directly or indirectly threatens
to punish you if you don't
compile with how they want you to behave.
Some examples of things Emotional Blackmailers say are: "If you really loved me..." "After all I've done for you..." "How can you be so selfish..."
Facebook Blackmail
by Spartanmk1 on Jun 07, 2010 16:11:00
Emotional blackmail
by Tom Barnes on May 14, 2006 05:03:25
A form of
blackmail that usually doesn't affect you directly, however makes you feel guilty if you do not do what the
blackmailer wants.
Emotional blackmail often happens when someone refuses to be the
blackmailer's boyfriend/girlfriend.
Sexual Blackmail
by F.O.S.F.F. 7O01 on Aug 13, 2016 20:37:45
The fear that upon a break-up/
divorce the other party will use your sexual fantasies and/or tendencies and
divulge them openly to other people or during the course of the divorce process so all things said are maintained in public record. This natural fear of being sexually blackmailed will ultimately keep you from leaving your significant other and you will continue to
live your life as a shell of who you are.
Example:
Caleb - "I really want to get a divorce but I'm afraid if I do she will tell everyone that I like
to dress up as 'The Gimp'. It's fucking
sexual blackmail!"
Gabriel - "Yeah man, that sucks......wait you dress up as
The Gimp?"