Blandishments

Thanks for your excellent invented meanings for blandishments. I loved them all, as I always do. But it's true.

Blandishments - in reality - are compliments which are intended to coax or persuade. Now that's a great word to add to our everyday communication.

As I said, it was tricky choosing from the entries, but I settled on realityjunkie as today's winner. Welcome back, realityjunkie! Here's the winner:

Blandishments are punishments that don't actually fit the crime.
"Emily should've been sent to bed without supper for hitting her little brother. Her mother took pity on her and gave her the blandishment of having a time out instead."