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Blend of Brainwash and Blackmail
Noun
To extort an effect upon one's memory, belief, or ideas.
Verb
to brainmail (third-person singular simple present brainmails, present participle brainmailing, simple past and past participle brainmailed)
1. To affect and extort one's mind by using extreme mental pressure by exciting fears of injury other than bodily harm, as injury to reputation, distress of mind, etc.; as, to blackmail a merchant by threatening to expose an alleged fraud
2. To persuade & re-educate
3. consisting and threatening to reveal substantially true information about a person to the public, a family member, or associates unless a demand made upon the victim is met. of any effort aimed at instilling certain attitudes and beliefs in a person — beliefs sometimes unwelcome or in conflict with the person's prior beliefs and knowledge.
Blend of Brainwash and Blackmail
Noun
To extort an effect upon one's memory, belief, or ideas.
Verb
to brainmail (third-person singular simple present brainmails, present participle brainmailing, simple past and past participle brainmailed)
1. To affect and extort one's mind by using extreme mental pressure by exciting fears of injury other than bodily harm, as injury to reputation, distress of mind, etc.; as, to blackmail a merchant by threatening to expose an alleged fraud
2. To persuade & re-educate
3. consisting and threatening to reveal substantially true information about a person to the public, a family member, or associates unless a demand made upon the victim is met. of any effort aimed at instilling certain attitudes and beliefs in a person — beliefs sometimes unwelcome or in conflict with the person's prior beliefs and knowledge.
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by You’re too young September 7, 2018
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...Keeping in mind this is part of how monkeys survive...
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Since polyamoury is not officially recognized and since people do the bare minimum for even themselves, I gueas thise of us who want a whole or interesting relationship are left to do some Monkey Branching to see if the next relationship contestant is more of a winner
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Get the braindancing mug.A musical genre which hipsters use to think they above the average hipster but fail to realize they are simply just chasing another trend.
hipster#1: so glad i came to this autechre concert to get away from those stupid skrillex listening hipsters
hipster#2: LOL. Braindance FTW.
hipster#2: LOL. Braindance FTW.
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