Friday, April 3, 2015

C is for Chantage



Here I am, ready to celebrate a cool vocabulary word.

Today's word is: CHANTAGE

Chantage is another word for blackmail.

Reasons to know this word:
-If you're ever engaged in any acts of espionage and you need to blackmail someone to get out of a hot spot, this word will make you sound more official.  Like you know what you're doing.  Plus, espionage and chantage rhyme.  How neat is that?
-Another word to pull out during a game of Scrabble.
-The word is French, and it's always cool to know words from different languages.
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15 comments:

  1. UnknownApril 3, 2015 at 12:32 AM

    I love this word! Thanks for the scrabble idea! :D

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  2. TaMara SloanApril 3, 2015 at 8:22 AM

    Very cool word. I'll have to share this with my son who would love to use it. :)

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  3. AnonymousApril 3, 2015 at 9:51 AM

    Cool word. I'm going to challenge hubby to scrabble when the challenge is over, and have your blog handy.

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  4. UnknownApril 3, 2015 at 10:09 AM

    Awesome, I love picking up words from other languages, especially since English is mostly a collection and adaptation of words from other languages :-)

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  5. May ChoApril 3, 2015 at 10:55 AM

    I love the ring to this word!

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  6. Timothy S. BrannanApril 3, 2015 at 12:42 PM

    Damn. I wish I had come here earlier today. I could have used this in Word With Friends!

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  7. cleemckenzieApril 3, 2015 at 1:18 PM

    I'm writing this one down. I'm sure it will come in handy.

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  8. A Tarkabarka HölgyApril 3, 2015 at 2:53 PM

    Just make sure the person you're trying to black... um, chantage also knows what it means :D Cool word!

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  9. Matthew MacNishApril 3, 2015 at 7:01 PM

    This is a most excellent word!

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  10. Matthew MacNishApril 3, 2015 at 7:01 PM

    Oh, new follower BTW. Nice to meet you!

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  11. Susan Gourley/KelleyApril 3, 2015 at 7:21 PM

    I'm putting that list of words I need to use sometime. And of course if I start an espionage career.

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  12. Susan OloierApril 3, 2015 at 10:43 PM

    It does sound very French, and very mysterious.

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  13. Laura ClipsonApril 5, 2015 at 4:17 AM

    I love that it rhymes with espionage, brilliant!

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  14. Alex HurstApril 5, 2015 at 7:13 AM

    Sweet! Need to add this one to the dictionary. :D

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  15. AnonymousApril 6, 2015 at 7:30 PM

    This is a great word! I need to find more ways to use it from now on.

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