Verboticism: Nag
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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Naginspirate
Created by: Lingoism
Pronunciation: Nagin spirate
Sentence: Harry totally naginpirated me to do the laundry so I could watch my favourite tv programme tonight.
Etymology: nag & inspirate
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
Tauntology
Created by: ArsMajika
Pronunciation: TAWN-taw-lo-JEE
Sentence: Mom guilted me into finishing my masters with Tauntology
Etymology: Taunt + Psychology
Waronterrorlingus
Created by: Madamemojo
Pronunciation:
Sentence:
Etymology: war+on+terror+lingus
Mythreaten
Created by: Alchemist
Pronunciation: Mith-thret-en
Sentence: Since it was Xmas eve, I mythreatened the children into eating their peas.
Etymology: Myth - a fictitious story, person or thing Threaten - to promise dire consequences unless a certain course of action is taken
Bossilating
Created by: torgo
Pronunciation: boss-uh-lating
Sentence: quit bossilating! i'm not a kid anymore!
Etymology: hmmm
Whipspirate
Created by: Coolfool
Pronunciation: Whip + spirate as in inspirate.
Sentence: I could see that work wasn't progressing according to schedule, and a little whipspiration was in order.
Etymology: Whip: Common petty threat "I'll whip ya boy". And inspiration, to inspire to action. Doesn't really work as well as the real thing.