Verboticisms

Created by: camel

Pronunciation: Sack-row-tort

Sentence: We'd sacrotort the poor fellow into cleaning our leather jackets after nights of Crisco twister with the scare of using him as our leather underpants.

Etymology: Sacro (holy), extortion

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COMMENTS:

clever! - jrogan, 2006-12-19: 02:34:00

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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

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Created by: artr

Pronunciation: gōdəvāt

Sentence: Sarah was always told that it is better to get people going with a carrot rather than a stick. Her take on this is to goadivate her workers by occasionally slapping them upside the head with the carrot.

Etymology: goad (a thing that stimulates someone into action) + motivate, stimulate someone*s interest in or enthusiasm for doing something)

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COMMENTS:

Goad word! - Nosila, 2009-12-23: 08:16:00

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Created by: galwaywegian

Pronunciation: hoe hoe hoe tiv ay shun

Sentence: When motivation doesn't work, try hohohotivation, if that doesnt't work, it for packupandgotivation.

Etymology: Motivation, ho ho ho

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Created by: josje

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Created by: aruna

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Sentence: Fed up of her boss's pathretitions, she resigned.

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Created by: torgo

Pronunciation: boss-uh-lating

Sentence: quit bossilating! i'm not a kid anymore!

Etymology: hmmm

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Created by: d3sire85

Pronunciation: Nahg

Sentence: My mom is always nagin at me to clean my room.

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- d3sire85, 2006-12-19: 21:23:00

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Created by: nicanica

Pronunciation: threaTEASE

Sentence: I threateased my husband into taking out the garbage by telling him dinner would wait until he had done so.

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Created by: Stevenson0

Pronunciation: neg/i/vate

Sentence: With the use of browbeating , a loud voice and threats, my boss can negivate any employee.

Etymology: negative + motivate

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