{"id":22678,"date":"2023-01-20T11:18:20","date_gmt":"2023-01-20T11:18:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/bloggle\/?p=22678"},"modified":"2023-01-20T11:18:22","modified_gmt":"2023-01-20T11:18:22","slug":"hooks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/bloggle\/?p=22678","title":{"rendered":"Hooks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>An interesting French I learnt yesterday was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/blog\/hameconnage.mp3\">hame\u00e7onnage<\/a>, which means phishing or a phishing scam &#8211; that is \u201cThe malicious act of keeping a false website or sending a false e-mail with the intent of masquerading as a trustworthy entity in order to acquire sensitive information, such as usernames, passwords, and credit card details.\u201d or \u201cThe act of circumventing security with an alias.\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/phishing\">source<\/a>].<\/p>\n<p><a data-flickr-embed=\"true\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/bochatey\/2270354498\/in\/photolist-4sCai5-6eDjz4-2mDiYm8-2jPty5u-2dVCQii-2jAVSNt-6xtYcj-5PPsmU-xLBGu8-2j2D4wV-RULUep-Ubgxvy-2j2vd7a-2j23mks-8xRyTk-2m94csG-2kRyMC4-6oGuts-6tS6Y3-7gEBh4-7SZRQA-5UV6KS-5MfWz5-ty9uXr-6RdCct-4n1rB6-4wLb8n-6Ah5W6-2iVM44L-5Qgxu4-4sFQ8T-2j2Fdi6-bkPBvQ-o5tUa-2j4ASy8-85m7Mc-2j2D4jR-2iSVg8w-u1XisR-853sYc-9oa5fb-2j2vdDs-z3RiVe-fdWXVR-2cszu7T-5UgA7k-5VXZh-7HQo2Q-f8buR9-2mmKKtR\" title=\"rebar hook\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/2222\/2270354498_5c10389335_z.jpg\" alt=\"rebar hook\" width=\"640\" height=\"428\"><\/a><script async=\"\" src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>It comes from <strong>hame\u00e7onner<\/strong> (to attract and seduce by a deceptive appearance, to phish), from <strong>hame\u00e7on<\/strong> (fishhook), from the Old French <em>ame\u00e7on<\/em>, from the Latin <em>h\u0101mus<\/em> (hook, barb), possibly from the Proto-Germanic <em>*ham\u00f4<\/em> (clothes, skirt, fishnet, harness, collar) [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/hame%C3%A7on\">source<\/a>].<\/p>\n<p>The word <strong>hame\u00e7on<\/strong> also appears in the expression <strong>mordre \u00e0 l&#8217;hame\u00e7on<\/strong>, which means to take the bait or rise to the bait, or literally \u201cto bite the hook\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/mordre_%C3%A0_l%27hame%C3%A7on#French\">source<\/a>].<\/p>\n<p>Another word for a scam, swindle or fraud in French is <strong>escroquerie<\/strong>, and a phishing scam is <strong>escroquerie par hame\u00e7onnage<\/strong> [<a href=\"https:\/\/dictionary.reverso.net\/french-english\/escroquerie+par+hame%C3%A7onnage\">source<\/a>].<\/p>\n<p><strong>Escroquerie<\/strong> comes from <strong>escroquer<\/strong> (to swindle, cheat, defraud), from the Italian <strong>scroccare<\/strong> (to scrounge, sponge, cadge, blag) from <strong>scrocco<\/strong> (scrounging, sponging), from the Old High German <em>*scurgo<\/em>, from <em>scurgen<\/em> (to knock over, push aside), from or related to the Proto-Germanic <em>*skeran<\/em> (to cut, shear), from the Proto-Indo-European <em>*(s)ker-<\/em> (to cut) [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/escroquerie\">source<\/a>].<\/p>\n<p>The English word <strong>shear<\/strong> comes from the same roots, as does the French word <strong>d\u00e9chirer<\/strong> (to tear, rip up) [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic\/skeran%C4%85\">source<\/a>].<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An interesting French I learnt yesterday was hame\u00e7onnage, which means phishing or a phishing scam &#8211; 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