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DEFINITION: v. To inspire and motivate people to do great things, by issuing petty threats. n. A kind and gentle threat.
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Hextortion
Created by: cannibalgymnastics
Pronunciation:
Sentence: "I haven't the money to spare to give to the 'Retired Pro-Wrestlers Charity', but they threatened to break my legs unless I contributed. Its hextortion I tells ya!"
Etymology:
Extortivate
Created by: dimercurio
Pronunciation: eks-TOR-tiv-ayt
Sentence: I was going to let my brother renovate his house on his own, but my wife extortivated me with denying sex.
Etymology: Portmanteau of extort and motivate
Dreadtuate
Created by: attis
Pronunciation: Like it sounds
Sentence: Karen really new how to dreadtuate some activity out of Bob.
Etymology: Dread + actuate
Carrotsticking
Created by: quippingqueen
Pronunciation: carot/stick/ing
Sentence: Management had to agree that the carrotsticking strategy to enhance quarterly sales worked infinitely better than the more traditional burning at the stake.
Etymology: carrot and stick - a metaphor for positive and negative rewards associated with good behavior
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COMMENTS:
Hey QuippingQueen! Good one! Who wants to get hit with a carrot! - wordmeister, 2006-12-19: 11:18:00
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Portentuate
Created by: Fenners
Pronunciation:
Sentence: Please portentuate me!
Etymology:
Amenaze
Created by: polarpanda
Pronunciation: ah-meh-naze
Sentence: I'd like to thank The Academy, of course, but also my mother; without her amenazing I never could have completed the screenplay for "I Cleaned My Desk, but Santa Never Came."
Etymology: From Spanish amenazar "to threaten" and English amaze.
Manipulavation
Created by: aly22
Pronunciation: man ni pu la vation man ni pu la vate
Sentence: In order to manipulavate the kids into washing up the dinner dishes, she told them Santa was watching.
Etymology: manipulate + motivation
Taskorize
Created by: purpleartichokes
Pronunciation: task-or-ize
Sentence: Although Bob thought he had created a brilliant report, his boss called him to taskorize him to provide more details, or face yet another disappointing performance appraisal.
Etymology: task, terrorrize
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