Verboticism: Manipulavation
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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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
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
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
Motigrate
Created by: torgone
Pronunciation: Moe-ti-grate
Sentence:
Etymology: Motivate + grate
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
Inverdicate
Created by: krisynxkhaos
Pronunciation: in-ver-di-cate.
Sentence: I'm not afraid to inverdicate students.
Etymology: invigorate + verdict + ate.
Dreadtuate
Created by: attis
Pronunciation: Like it sounds
Sentence: Karen really new how to dreadtuate some activity out of Bob.
Etymology: Dread + actuate
Threatease
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.
Etymology:
Threativate
Created by: chrisk2k7
Pronunciation: Thre-tee-vate
Sentence: Dude, my mom totally threativated me to mow the lawn.
Etymology: Threat+Motivate