Verboticism: Doitorelsing
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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Wetnoodle
Created by: sodium
Pronunciation: wet-noodle
Sentence: Jane was reluctant at first, but I wetnoodled her into doing my will.
Etymology: From the phrase "10 lashes with a wet noodle."
Threativate
Created by: wniffene
Pronunciation: Thre-tee-vate
Sentence: Dude, my mom totally threativated me to mow the lawn.
Etymology: Threat+Motivate
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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Amenaze
Created by: polarpanda
Pronunciation: ah-meh-naze
Sentence: I'd like to thank The Academy, of course, but also my mother; without her amenazing I never could have completed the screenplay for "I Cleaned My Desk, but Santa Never Came."
Etymology: From Spanish amenazar "to threaten" and English amaze.
Taskorize
Created by: purpleartichokes
Pronunciation: task-or-ize
Sentence: Although Bob thought he had created a brilliant report, his boss called him to taskorize him to provide more details, or face yet another disappointing performance appraisal.
Etymology: task, terrorrize
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.
Threativational
Created by: microwavedboy
Pronunciation: Threat-i-va-shun-al
Sentence: My mother and her endless threativational speeches kept my room, heart, and mind clean.
Etymology: I really can foresee threativational posters on people's cubicle walls in the future.
Actorelse
Created by: mickey666
Pronunciation:
Sentence: He would not do what was necessary so I decided I needed to actorelse.
Etymology:
