Verboticism: Cornervate
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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Threativate
Created by: bghicks
Pronunciation: Thre-tee-vate
Sentence: Dude, my mom totally threativated me to mow the lawn.
Etymology: Threat+Motivate
Mothreavational
Created by: missparaguay1991
Pronunciation: as in mothrea - vational
Sentence: No sex for one week? that's very mothreavational!
Etymology: mothreavational /mo/ prefix + /threa/ from E. threat meaning warining on something imminent + /vational/ sufix
Chagrinspire
Created by: Mirandala
Pronunciation: cha-grin'-spire
Sentence: We were chagrinspired to participate in the office potluck by Sheryl's admonition that non-participants would not receive year-end bonuses.
Etymology: chagrin + inspire
Tovcandy
Created by: zagovorich
Pronunciation: tav'kendi
Sentence: To inspire and motivate people to do great things, by issuing petty threats.
Etymology: Do it to have candy
Nagwhip
Created by: jedijawa
Pronunciation: nag-whip
Sentence: Betty nagwhipped everyone in the office to do her bidding.
Etymology: nag + whipped
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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Manipulavation
Created by: aly22
Pronunciation: man ni pu la vation man ni pu la vate
Sentence: In order to manipulavate the kids into washing up the dinner dishes, she told them Santa was watching.
Etymology: manipulate + motivation
Threativate
Created by: wniffene
Pronunciation: Thre-tee-vate
Sentence: Dude, my mom totally threativated me to mow the lawn.
Etymology: Threat+Motivate