Verboticism: Threativate

'Santa won't come unless you clean up your desk!'

DEFINITION: To inspire and motivate people to do great things, by issuing petty threats.

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Threativate

Created by: freakystyley

Pronunciation: tre-tee-vate

Sentence: "A threativate here and there won't hurt anyone," Marty went on, "in fact, it can raise our production of baloney sandwich holders ten-fold Ed!"

Etymology: [Threat]en (to make known the intention of hurting someone else - physically, mentally or spiritually) + Mo[tivate] (a positive prompt or action that inadvertently bears sweet rewards down the road)

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