Verboticisms

Created by: theantiipod

Pronunciation: In-Threaten

Sentence: My mom enthreatened me to study hard for my SATs and not slack off.

Etymology: Encourage + Threaten

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Created by: allwise

Pronunciation: threat-a-nice

Sentence: Gary wouldn't do the dishes, so Molly had to threatanize him with abstinence.

Etymology: threaten + galvanize

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Created by: mweinmann

Pronunciation: ins - ti - jize

Sentence: Penny's motive in telling fibs and gently coercing her loved ones was to instigize them into action.

Etymology: instigate, energize

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Created by: Coolfool

Pronunciation: Whip + spirate as in inspirate.

Sentence: I could see that work wasn't progressing according to schedule, and a little whipspiration was in order.

Etymology: Whip: Common petty threat "I'll whip ya boy". And inspiration, to inspire to action. Doesn't really work as well as the real thing.

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Created by: danboaz

Pronunciation: HU-mil-i-VAT

Sentence: I have always found humilivation works best infront of the dressed downs peers.

Etymology: Humiliate + motivate

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COMMENTS:

- Hjason, 2006-12-19: 20:10:00

That's a good one Doctor. - Hjason, 2006-12-19: 20:10:00

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Created by: polvicski

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Created by: Javeson1

Pronunciation: re-ver-sigh-KOT-oh-me

Sentence: Mothers are naturally the best at reversychotomy, as everyone knows.

Etymology: like reverse psychology, but inspiration-wise rather than psych-wise.

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Created by: zagovorich

Pronunciation: tav'kendi

Sentence: To inspire and motivate people to do great things, by issuing petty threats.

Etymology: Do it to have candy

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Created by: Fenners

Pronunciation:

Sentence: Please portentuate me!

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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.

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