Verboticism: Intimovate
DEFINITION: v. To inspire and motivate people to do great things, by issuing petty threats. n. A kind and gentle threat.
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Threatinspire
Created by: dkrider
Pronunciation:
Sentence: My boss tried to threatinspire me to work harder by revoking my bathroom privileges.
Etymology: threaten + inspire
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COMMENTS:
good sentence! - jrogan, 2006-12-19: 01:13:00
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Tauntalize
Created by: rikboyee
Pronunciation: torn-ta-lies
Sentence: the only way to get the job done in time was to tauntalize the team in to action
Etymology: taunt, tantalise
Goodbitch
Created by: hobnob
Pronunciation: good'bitch
Sentence: She's such a goodbitch.
Etymology: Good + bitch
Motigrate
Created by: torgone
Pronunciation: Moe-ti-grate
Sentence:
Etymology: Motivate + grate
Threativational
Created by: microwavedboy
Pronunciation: Threat-i-va-shun-al
Sentence: My mother and her endless threativational speeches kept my room, heart, and mind clean.
Etymology: I really can foresee threativational posters on people's cubicle walls in the future.
Pressuuuuure
Created by: Wriiight
Pronunciation: Just like pressure, but said sarcastically.
Sentence:
Etymology: Pressure, and "Suuuuuure"--A sarcastastic reply of 'sure' you might say when you don't believe a word they say.
Goadivate
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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Hypoquenses
Created by: Chistinalove
Pronunciation: High - po - quin - sis
Sentence: In order to get my husband off the couch, I came up with some hypoqenses.
Etymology: Hypothetical Consequences
Nastyvate
Created by: vishalrix
Pronunciation:
Sentence: If motivation did'nt work, Jim used his fallback option, nastivation, to drive home the point.
Etymology: nasty + motivate
