Verboticism: Intiminag
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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Goshfather
Created by: maxxy
Pronunciation: GAHSH-fah-ther
Sentence: Jim's boss goshfathered him into staying late by threatening to take away his leather desk set.
Etymology: Gosh (a petty exclamation) + father (master)
Comoderate
Created by: jimmj43
Pronunciation: co-MOD-er-rate
Sentence: Internet bulleting board posters frequently get coMODerated for unacceptable behavior.
Etymology:
Altrumatum
Created by: memexikon
Pronunciation: l tru may tum
Sentence: The liberals continue to deliver strong altrumatums to the White House.
Etymology: altrumism + ultimatum
Instigize
Created by: mweinmann
Pronunciation: ins - ti - jize
Sentence: Penny's motive in telling fibs and gently coercing her loved ones was to instigize them into action.
Etymology: instigate, energize
Nastyvate
Created by: vishalrix
Pronunciation:
Sentence: If motivation did'nt work, Jim used his fallback option, nastivation, to drive home the point.
Etymology: nasty + motivate
Actorelse
Created by: mickey666
Pronunciation:
Sentence: He would not do what was necessary so I decided I needed to actorelse.
Etymology:
Hitleristic
Created by: IHeartKiwiTarts
Pronunciation: " Hit-ler-is-tick"
Sentence: When I asked for a BMW for my birthday, my dad got all hitleristic on me, and said I couldn't get it until I ate all my soy beans.
Etymology: the history behind this word is unknown, most feel it comes from one behaving like a psychotic dictator asshole in order to get something done.
Punishectomy
Created by: stormee
Pronunciation: Pun-ish-ek-toe-me
Sentence: Punishectomy was used, when the child brought home poor grades.
Etymology: To threaten removal of anything of enjoyment.
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COMMENTS:
Good word and a bit scary sounding!!! - wordmeister, 2006-12-20: 09:57:00
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