Verboticism: Backfireteaching
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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Instigize
Created by: mweinmann
Pronunciation: ins - ti - jize
Sentence: Penny's motive in telling fibs and gently coercing her loved ones was to instigize them into action.
Etymology: instigate, energize
Crushstigate
Created by: omista
Pronunciation: crush-sti-GAYT
Sentence: To get the most out of his new hires John was known to crushtigate them during training. They always start out strong but turn over was horrendous.
Etymology: crush + instigate
Bitterpilling
Created by: mdschermer
Pronunciation: Bit-ter-pill-ing
Sentence: I know I should wash my hand before diner, but my mom's bitterpilling about "to bed with no desert" is really unfair.
Etymology: "To swallow bitter pill"; having to do something unpleasant for one's own good.
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COMMENTS:
good one! - wordmeister, 2006-12-19: 09:37:00
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Nag
Created by: d3sire85
Pronunciation: Nahg
Sentence: My mom is always nagin at me to clean my room.
Etymology:
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COMMENTS:
- d3sire85, 2006-12-19: 21:23:00
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Intimovate
Created by: angeldee
Pronunciation: in-tim-o-vayt
Sentence: My wife regularly employs intimovation. When I balk at going to Church on Sunday morning, she reminds me of what I won't be getting next Saturday night!
Etymology: Combination of intimidation and motivation.
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COMMENTS:
This is a great idea--it's clear what root words the word comes from, and thus, it's easy to figure out the meaning. It's not random sounding, though. - Morwen, 2006-12-19: 05:38:00
I agree with Morwen, even if it doesn't quite convey the "bad threats" part of the definition. Still a great word, though. Gets my vote! - DarthWader, 2006-12-19: 08:12:00
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Admonage
Created by: phanson
Pronunciation: add - monn - adge
Sentence: My mother used to admonage me to clean my room, by threatening to cut of my limbs if I did not
Etymology: Encouragement, Admonish
Molaspasm
Created by: Taami
Pronunciation:
Sentence: c'mon clean up your room, you don't want a molaspasm do you.
Etymology:
Crapavate
Created by: Guthlaf1
Pronunciation: CRAP-a-vayt
Sentence: And then she starts her crapavational spiel about why I should clean my room....
Etymology: crap - faecal matter; nonsense "vate" - from "motivate"
