Verboticism: Inspult

'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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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

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Motigrate

Created by: torgone

Pronunciation: Moe-ti-grate

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Etymology: Motivate + grate

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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.

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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

librarygrrrl

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

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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.

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Threativate

Created by: Windyo

Pronunciation: Thre-tee-vate

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

Etymology: Threat+Motivate

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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

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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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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.

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