Verboticism: Hypoquenses
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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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
Persult
Created by: oddnuance
Pronunciation: Per-sult
Sentence: You can catch more flies with honey than with vinegar, but persulting can work just as well.
Etymology: Persuade + Insult
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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Enthreaten
Created by: theantiipod
Pronunciation: In-Threaten
Sentence: My mom enthreatened me to study hard for my SATs and not slack off.
Etymology: Encourage + Threaten
Deprimatum
Created by: verbinator
Pronunciation: de-pri-may-tuhm
Sentence: John avoided yard work until his wife uttered a sexual deprimatum.
Etymology: deprive + ultimatum
Mommyism
Created by: euclid
Pronunciation: ...
Sentence: She strode into the room with her mommyisms, and i proceeded to daydream.
Etymology:
Parenting
Created by: Psychicsi
Pronunciation:
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COMMENTS:
this is actually good! - wordmeister, 2006-12-19: 09:56:00
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Inverdicate
Created by: krisynxkhaos
Pronunciation: in-ver-di-cate.
Sentence: I'm not afraid to inverdicate students.
Etymology: invigorate + verdict + ate.
