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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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Mythreaten
Created by: Alchemist
Pronunciation: Mith-thret-en
Sentence: Since it was Xmas eve, I mythreatened the children into eating their peas.
Etymology: Myth - a fictitious story, person or thing Threaten - to promise dire consequences unless a certain course of action is taken
Whitemail
Created by: ubgrud
Pronunciation: wyte-male
Sentence: She whitemailed me into going to the store.
Etymology: white - opposite of black mail - as in "black mail"
Philanthreaty
Created by: Carla
Pronunciation: fill-anth-reh-tee
Sentence: Later, when he questioned his mother about her use of water boarding to encourage the children to revise for their exams, she steadfastly claimed it was philanthreaty, for their own good.
Etymology: philanthropy + threat
Incentip
Created by: mrskellyscl
Pronunciation: in-sen-tip
Sentence: Nothing can motivate a child to behave like a verse of that old favorite Christmas incentip and sing-a-long, "Santa Claus is Coming to Town." It begins harmlessly enough, "You'd better watch out, you'd better not cry, you'd better not pout, I'm telling you why....," but it's really creepy that "he sees you when your sleeping, he knows when you're awake." Just what else does Santa know?
Etymology: incentive: something such as the fear of punishment or the expectation of reward that motivates behavior + tip: inside information or helpful hint or warning
Whipspirate
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.
Intimimake
Created by: bungle
Pronunciation: in-tim-i-make
Sentence: I'll intimimake him into giving to charity by threatening to kill his dog
Etymology: intimidate + make
Pressuuuuure
Created by: Wriiight
Pronunciation: Just like pressure, but said sarcastically.
Sentence:
Etymology: Pressure, and "Suuuuuure"--A sarcastastic reply of 'sure' you might say when you don't believe a word they say.
Nag
Created by: d3sire85
Pronunciation: Nahg
Sentence: My mom is always nagin at me to clean my room.
Etymology:
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- d3sire85, 2006-12-19: 21:23:00
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Intimotivation
Created by: Bellman
Pronunciation: In-ti-moat-i-vay-shun
Sentence: "Well, I'd better go out amongst the ranks and spread some intimotivation."
Etymology: From 'intimidate' and 'motivation'.
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