Verboticism: Inspult
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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Pettifer
Created by: dragonprincess
Pronunciation: pet-i-fur
Sentence: Santa won't come unless you clean your room!
Etymology: 'petti' comes from the english word petty. The 'fur' part of the verd makes it a comand
Motigrate
Created by: torgone
Pronunciation: Moe-ti-grate
Sentence:
Etymology: Motivate + grate
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.
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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Intimispire
Created by: librarygrrrl
Pronunciation: in-TIM-i-spire
Sentence: Before letting me go out for the night, Mom intimispired me about my messy room.
Etymology: intimidate + inspire
Parentology
Created by: Nairock
Pronunciation: pair-ren-TALL-oh-gee
Sentence: Her children always do what she says due to her mastery of parentologistic threats.
Etymology:
Threativate
Created by: Windyo
Pronunciation: Thre-tee-vate
Sentence: Dude, my mom totally threativated me to mow the lawn.
Etymology: Threat+Motivate
Hohohotivation
Created by: galwaywegian
Pronunciation: hoe hoe hoe tiv ay shun
Sentence: When motivation doesn't work, try hohohotivation, if that doesnt't work, it for packupandgotivation.
Etymology: Motivation, ho ho ho
Threatinspire
Created by: dkrider
Pronunciation:
Sentence: My boss tried to threatinspire me to work harder by revoking my bathroom privileges.
Etymology: threaten + inspire
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COMMENTS:
good sentence! - jrogan, 2006-12-19: 01:13:00
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Insprite
Created by: degsy99
Pronunciation:
Sentence: She insprited cleanliness throughout the office with her cajoling and minor threats.
Etymology: Combination of inspire, incite and threat.