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DEFINITION: To inspire and motivate people to do great things, by issuing petty threats.
Verboticisms
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Sinspire
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: sin spire
Sentence: When Vicky could not reason with her students, she would sinspire them with threats to do her bidding...which always worked!
Etymology: Sin (commit a faux pas or a fault) & Inspire (supply the inspiration for; urge on or encourage)
Motithreat
Created by: ZumZum
Pronunciation: mo-ti-threat
Sentence: When I can't find a good reason to make them do it, I always make some awful possible consequence and use it to motithreat these bastards.
Etymology: Moti - as in motivation Threate - well, you ain't that slow...
Promptabitadmon
Created by: gemmgemms
Pronunciation: prom-pet-ab-it-ada-mon
Sentence: When she tried to promptabitadmon him he simply scoffed at her little cautions.
Etymology: prompt:to motivate + bit:little small amount + admonish:to discipline or threaten
Inspithreat
Created by: thejoshinator
Pronunciation: in-spi-thret
Sentence: The manager of the company inspithreatened his workers.
Etymology: Inspire + threat
Intimivate
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: in-TIM-eh-vayt
Sentence: Miranda is a petty tyrant who will not hesitate to use silly little threats in a misguided effort to intimivate people to do her bidding.
Etymology: Blend of 'intimidate' (to force into or deter from some action by inducing fear) and 'motivate' (to provide with a motive or motives; incite; impel)
Sinsperation
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: sin spur a shun
Sentence: The thought of bunking with my kid brother was the only sinsperation I needed to clear off my bed when I cleaned my room!
Etymology: sin + inspiration
Threativate
Created by: freakystyley
Pronunciation: tre-tee-vate
Sentence: "A threativate here and there won't hurt anyone," Marty went on, "in fact, it can raise our production of baloney sandwich holders ten-fold Ed!"
Etymology: [Threat]en (to make known the intention of hurting someone else - physically, mentally or spiritually) + Mo[tivate] (a positive prompt or action that inadvertently bears sweet rewards down the road)
Bullivate
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: boo l-ee-veyt
Sentence: Christine is very good at getting action out of people. She will bullivate her coworkers whenever she thinks they are getting complacent about doing her work.
Etymology: bully (a blustering, quarrelsome, overbearing person who habitually badgers and intimidates smaller or weaker people) + motivate (to give incentive to)
Negivate
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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COMMENTS:
excellent - Jabberwocky, 2007-12-24: 09:56:00
Good word! - OZZIEBOB, 2007-12-24: 15:51:00
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Prospur
Created by: OZZIEBOB
Pronunciation: Pros-SPUR
Sentence: Bob's nobloquy was the prospur Roxie need to win the "Scientist of the Year" award
Etymology: PROSPUR: Blend of prosper: to thrive, succeed, to win & SPUR: something that goads one into action. NOBLOQUY: nob, a person top in his/her field, or position in life. "to chide or speak of a "nob" in order to motivate."
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COMMENTS:
very nice - Jabberwocky, 2007-12-24: 09:52:00
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