Emotional Blackmail

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..."

An emotional blackmail artist will use your vulberabilities and deepest secrets against you.

Emotional Blackmail by OneBadAsp October 22, 2006

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Emotional blackmail

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.

Emotional Blackmail often consists of crying, cutting themselves, or even as far as threatening to commit suicide.

Emotional blackmail by Tom Barnes May 21, 2006

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Emotional Blackmail

When someone tries to get you to do something by suggesting that you will be hurting a loved one, a pet, etc etc.

"I think its insensitive, you shouldn't do it. BUT it's your decision, you do what you wanna do" ~ emotional blackmailing cunt.

Emotional Blackmail by Le quatre cinq neuf September 10, 2019

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Emotional Blackmail

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Hym "No... 'Emotional Blackmail' is using 'your kids' (in abstraction) to aggregate unearned power and grant yourself extra-judicial authority over other people. You're the ones who chose to subject them to reality. They aren't going to be safe either way, so, no... You don't get to be God unto Pharoah. End of discussion."

Emotional Blackmail by Hym Iam April 27, 2023

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Emojinal Blackmail

When someone uses emojis to make you feel guilty about something you have or haven’t done.

Bloke: I’m not gonna be round later I’m off to the pub with the lads.
Mrs: that’s fine 😔
Bloke: that’s emojinal blackmail

Emojinal Blackmail by Wavey Davey February 9, 2019

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funiosity

The art of being peculiar, but in an amusing fashion.

"Wow, look at that dog running on three legs"
- "Yeah, that sure is a funiosity"

funiosity by Supersonic Stevie November 23, 2007

Word of the Day on July 25, 2026

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Toe Rag

A toe rag was originally a foot wrapping used, since mediaeval times up until the mid-nineteenth century, to protect the foot from chafing by boots or shoes. As these were, quite literally, rags they weren’t usually washed, and so with use they became very smelly until they were thrown away. Because of the similarity in smell, toe rag also became the name applied to dried, salted cod or other things with a strong, unpleasant, fishy smell. It didn’t take that long before the name was applied to someone who was an obnoxious, unpleasant OIC.

1 “Socks! Those aren’t socks you smelly git, they’re toe rags!”
2 “What have you been cooking? Smells like toe rag!”
3 “I can smell ‘er fanny from ‘ere, proper toe rag.”
4 That Heale Malcolm is a right toe rag.

Toe Rag by AKACroatalin November 29, 2016

Word of the Day on July 24, 2026

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