Verboticism: Nagression
DEFINITION: v. To unintentionally encourage bad behavior by responding to it in a manner that incites even worse behavior. n. A response designed to stop bad behavior, which paradoxically produces more of it.
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Dissuascalation
Created by: petaj
Pronunciation: dis-sway-sca-lay-shun
Sentence: Bobby, just ignore your brother. You know that when you tell him not to swear he just tells you to f&*$ #$%&&% )!!@^&$$. I know you mean well, but it's just a dissuascalation.
Etymology: dissuasion (discouragement) + escalation (increase, especially in the case of military escalation where every action is responded to with greater force)
Reverbirate
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: re - VERB - ihr - ate
Sentence: It seemed that whenever Consuelo would try to motivate her husband, Javier, to behave more civilly, her words would only reverbirate in some dark corner of his psyche and have the opposite effect with him responding in even more outrageous manner.
Etymology: blend of reverberate and irate
Schoolsound
Created by: josje
Pronunciation: scoolsound
Sentence: If you sound like an scool teacher you wil tease me with you schoolsound.
Etymology: scool
Reverbirate
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: re-VERB-eye-rayt
Sentence: It seemed that whenever Cindy would try to motivate her husband, Charlie, to behave more civilly, her words would only reverbirate in some dark corner of his psyche and have the opposite effect with him responding in even more outrageous manner.
Etymology: blend of 'reverberate' (echo) and 'irate' (angry)
Habetual
Created by: Nosila
Pronunciation: ha bet ual
Sentence: Joanie nagged at Chachi when he drove, which drove him insane. She failed to under stand that her habetual commentary on his poor driving habits made him a worse driver. It would have probably worked better if she had actually had a driving license of her own before passing such critiques on his driving skills...
Etymology: Habitual (commonly used or practiced; usual) & Abet (assist or encourage, usually in wrongdoing)
Goaddigrrr
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: gode/di/dur
Sentence: Sally's attempts at being a gold digger by encouraging her boyfriend to spend more money on her by telling him he reminded her of her favourite rock star backfired when she inadvertently became a goaddiggrr encouraging him instead to trash their apartment.
Etymology: goad + gold digger + grrr
Baboozle
Created by: melodydrama
Pronunciation: Bah-boo-zle
Sentence: The comment meant to hurry her husband along was a sad baboozle, he only walked slower and they missed their appointment.
Etymology: Baboon+bamboozle
Tranquilose
Created by: Rutilus
Pronunciation: tran-kwi-looz
Sentence: However hard Peggy tried to pacify Ivan's ire she only ever seem to tranquilose him and in the process make him even more uptight. She was getting tired of this relationship and wanted out!
Etymology: tranquilise - to pacify; lose - to be defeated (in purpose)
Misscipline
Created by: bookowl
Pronunciation: miss/i/plin
Sentence: Missipline is the result of misplaced discipline.
Etymology: discipline + miss