Timeline for Better word for blackmail or extortion
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| Jan 27, 2015 at 8:17 | comment | added | user63230 | Cheating? It sounds like the opponent was playing hard. That is not cheating at all. | |
| May 29, 2012 at 19:27 | comment | added | speedyGonzales | He he mate, you make my day-I am smiling 10 minutes like an idiot now. I have heard it too related to basketball, football (soccer). You are fine man @J.R. | |
| May 29, 2012 at 18:32 | comment | added | J.R. | @speedy: I thought of you this morning. I was listening to a national sports radio talk show, and the host (Dan Patrick) said, "This morning, If you're a Celtics fan, you're saying 'The refs hijacked that game last night!'" {note: that may not have been his exact wording, but he did say "hijack," I thought it interesting that he used "hijack" in that context.} | |
| May 29, 2012 at 6:59 | comment | added | speedyGonzales | He he I know @J.R. actually I think you are fine man- there is nothing wrong to telling people the truth I always do it. I was joking with Matt because this is something like his 5 down vote in a row on my answer, so I was wondering if he doesn't like my English or me :D Game slang is something really interesting but it has its own realm, the community of that particular game. Cheers ! | |
| May 28, 2012 at 17:32 | comment | added | J.R. | @speedy: for the record, I'm not averse to occasionally expanding a word's defintion beyond the strict confines of what is stated in a dictionary. My only issue was with your strong assertion that hijack was "the best word you will find". A creative word? Yes. A colorful word? Certainly. But the best word? I'm not so sure about that. Moreover, I only mentioned looking it up in the UD, because, based on your comment, I wondered if hijack was used by gamers to describe this behavior - in which case, it may have been the best word indeed. (BTW, I didn't downvote, merely commented). | |
| May 28, 2012 at 14:20 | comment | added | Matt E. Эллен | I can eat and down vote. There is no stopping in the OP's scenario. | |
| May 28, 2012 at 13:00 | comment | added | speedyGonzales | Matt special for you definition from your favourite dictionary (merriam-webster) for hijack-to stop and steal from. His opponents steals his victory, stopping him to win aka hijacked the game. Enough said, I am going for cookies do you want some or you are too busy downvoting me:D | |
| May 28, 2012 at 12:55 | comment | added | speedyGonzales | I cant believe that you are all have looked up hijack in the dictionary and bring it to me. Language is something living, dictionaries are years behind the contemporary speaking language. Blackmail or extortion are used when someone has financial interest. I cant believe that people think that prisoner and captive are more compatible with game then hijack. All verbs that include in meaning using of pressure are non sense - giving resistance is equal to using a pressure on winning opponent to ask for a draw, come on this is irrational. | |
| May 28, 2012 at 11:16 | comment | added | J.R. | Perhaps hijack is a decent alternative "from a gamer point of view," but you should substantiate this with more than "believe me" if you're going to assert this is the "best word" available from the entire dictionary. (I was curious, so I looked up hijack in the U.D., but couldn't find any reference to gamers.) That said, I do like your suggestion of being uncooperative. | |
| May 28, 2012 at 11:04 | comment | added | Matt E. Эллен | No, I am convinced that hijack does not fit here. | |
| May 28, 2012 at 11:00 | comment | added | Matt E. Эллен | Hmm. How can he hijack a game he is already playing? This word does not seem to make sense in this situation. | |
| May 28, 2012 at 10:17 | history | answered | speedyGonzales | CC BY-SA 3.0 |