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DEFINITION: To inspire and motivate people to do great things, by issuing petty threats.
Verboticisms
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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
Inductricate
Created by: silveryaspen
Pronunciation: induc-trick-ate
Sentence: It was so easy for her to inductricate her husband into buying everything she wanted.
Etymology: inductricate: induc for induce + tric for trick + ate for the way those inducing tricks are taken in ... plus a play on the word indoctrinate
Cajolivate
Created by: rebelvin
Pronunciation: ca-jol-i-vate
Sentence: All it took was a little cajolivation on my part, and he came around.
Etymology: cajole+motivate
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
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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Petrifimotivate
Created by: denise
Pronunciation: pe- tri- fi- MO-ti-vate
Sentence: The over controlling mother got her son to clean up his room by pretrifimotivating him with subtle reminders of his continuing bedwetting issues.
Etymology: A blend of petrify (with a play on the word petty) and motivate
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)
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)
Intimirant
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: In - TIM - uh - rant
Sentence: Geraldine was a very assertive manager and was quick to resort to an intimirant to get her subordinates to comply with her wishes.
Etymology: Intimidate + rant
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COMMENTS:
good one - Jabberwocky, 2007-12-24: 09:56:00
I like it! - OZZIEBOB, 2007-12-24: 15:52:00
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