Verboticisms

Created by: wordmeister

Pronunciation: pet-tee-wet

Sentence: Andrea knew her team would never meet the deadline unless they worked all night, so she pettiwet them with death. It worked.

Etymology: petit or petty + threat but wet

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Created by: degsy99

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Sentence: She insprited cleanliness throughout the office with her cajoling and minor threats.

Etymology: Combination of inspire, incite and threat.

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Created by: maxxy

Pronunciation: GAHSH-fah-ther

Sentence: Jim's boss goshfathered him into staying late by threatening to take away his leather desk set.

Etymology: Gosh (a petty exclamation) + father (master)

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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

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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: 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: kmccardle

Pronunciation: Coh-ur-siv-ate

Sentence: To coercivate her son, Mary told him that God would kill a kitten every time he touched himself.

Etymology: Coerce(to compel by force) + ivate(from motivate)

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Created by: voxexmachina

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Sentence: His writing skills improved after I inspulted them.

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Created by: TheGentleSherpa

Pronunciation: Mal-I-Vate

Sentence: Last sunday, the priest gave one of the most malivational sermons I'd ever heard.

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Created by: Nosila

Pronunciation: sin vig orayt

Sentence: The message in Brother James' sermon was meant to sinvigorate his congregation. He told them that as long as they were spending so much of their earnings on Christmas presents and parties, they should donate the same amount to his Church of the Everlasting Redemption. He also told them that having money leftover from their Christmas spending could provide temptation to spend unwisely and lead them to sin, so they could save themselves by donating more to his good works. His parishoners blindly gave to his church in order to receive salvation, but wondered how the good Brother James could afford to drive a Cadillac and fly so often to crusades in Hawaii, Monaco and Las Vegas. The Lord does work in mysterious ways indeed.

Etymology: Sin (commit a sin; violate a law of God or a moral law;commit a faux pas or a fault or make a serious mistake) & Invigorate (impart vigor, strength, or vitality to;give life or energy to; to heighten or intensify)

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