Verboticism: Manipulavation

'Santa won't come unless you clean up your desk!'

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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Doitorelsing

Created by: trvlngrn

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Follygraphed

Created by: janedoe

Pronunciation: Fol-ee-graft

Sentence: I follygraphed when I convinced my co-worker that if he xeroxed a huge stack of papers, he'd get promoted to CEO.

Etymology: Folly + polygraph

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Walkthelinedance

Created by: Jabberwocky

Pronunciation: wok/thu/lyne/dans

Sentence: If the kids didn't behave Mom would walkthelinedance and subject them to Country and Western Music

Etymology: walk the line + linedance

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Naughtivate

Chunk01

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

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Motigrate

Created by: torgone

Pronunciation: Moe-ti-grate

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Etymology: Motivate + grate

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Supsure

Created by: awesomo

Pronunciation: sup-shur

Sentence: The supsure of his mom, to get a job or get grounded, wasn't strong enough.

Etymology: superior+pressure

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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.

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Dreadtuate

Created by: attis

Pronunciation: Like it sounds

Sentence: Karen really new how to dreadtuate some activity out of Bob.

Etymology: Dread + actuate

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Threatease

nicanica

Created by: nicanica

Pronunciation: threaTEASE

Sentence: I threateased my husband into taking out the garbage by telling him dinner would wait until he had done so.

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Threativate

Created by: chrisk2k7

Pronunciation: Thre-tee-vate

Sentence: Dude, my mom totally threativated me to mow the lawn.

Etymology: Threat+Motivate

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