Verboticism: Mothreavational

'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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Pressuuuuure

Created by: Wriiight

Pronunciation: Just like pressure, but said sarcastically.

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Etymology: Pressure, and "Suuuuuure"--A sarcastastic reply of 'sure' you might say when you don't believe a word they say.

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Goodbitch

Created by: hobnob

Pronunciation: good'bitch

Sentence: She's such a goodbitch.

Etymology: Good + bitch

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Ameliorbait

Created by: darlingdiva

Pronunciation: a-mel-ior-bate

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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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Urgtimidation

Created by: johnnyrockett

Pronunciation: Urg-timidation

Sentence: She cleaned her room immediatly once she was urgtimidated with no dinner.

Etymology: Urge - To assert with ernest. Timidation - as in Intimidation - To coerce or inhibit by or as if by threats.

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Meganag

Created by: Bulletchewer

Pronunciation: me-ga-nag

Sentence: She had to meganag before Charles put pen to paper.

Etymology: From "nag" meaning to pester, with mega describing the results thereof.

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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.

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Pressureteasing

Created by: josje

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Darkmutter

Created by: msokoloffster

Pronunciation: Dark - Mut - er

Sentence: My boss does darkmutter when he sees me slacking off.

Etymology: Unknown...

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Waronterrorlingus

Created by: Madamemojo

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Etymology: war+on+terror+lingus

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Nastyvate

Created by: vishalrix

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Sentence: If motivation did'nt work, Jim used his fallback option, nastivation, to drive home the point.

Etymology: nasty + motivate

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