Verboticism: Fibspire
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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Ameliorbait
Created by: darlingdiva
Pronunciation: a-mel-ior-bate
Sentence:
Etymology: Taken from "ameliorate"--to make a situation better or more tolerable, and "bait"--to entice, especially by trickery or strategy.
Motithreation
Created by: ChrisCarrk
Pronunciation: moh-tih-thray-shun
Sentence: Her motithreation realy inspired the kids to eat thier peas!
Etymology: motivation+threat
Benefreat
Created by: chris
Pronunciation: benni-fret
Sentence: My great-aunt Sybil could benefreat like no-one else - especially where the terms of her will and her considerable fortune were concerned
Etymology: benefit + threat
Inspult
Created by: voxexmachina
Pronunciation:
Sentence: His writing skills improved after I inspulted them.
Etymology:
Naughtivate
Created by: Chunk01
Pronunciation: naughty-vate
Sentence: The wife always tries to naughtivate me with promises of putting out if I'd only put up some shelves.
Etymology: Naughty+Motivate=naughtivate
Intimanimate
Created by: arianell
Pronunciation: in-tuh-MA-nuh-mayt
Sentence: Sean's mother intimanimated him into finishing his homework by threatening to ban him from playing World of Warcraft on school nights.
Etymology: From the English "intimidate", meaning "to inspire or affect with fear", and the English "animate", meaning "to impart motion to".
Prostasize
Created by: MarilynMonRobot
Pronunciation: Pra-Sta-Size
Sentence: While trying to get my husband to donate to "Toys for Tots" I had to prostasize his idea of laying on the couch by telling him "I might not be able to get you your new paintball gun after all..."
Etymology: Prostate - Male Body Part + Size - To cease/rip off
Taskorize
Created by: purpleartichokes
Pronunciation: task-or-ize
Sentence: Although Bob thought he had created a brilliant report, his boss called him to taskorize him to provide more details, or face yet another disappointing performance appraisal.
Etymology: task, terrorrize