Verboticism: Inductricate

'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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Inductricate

Created by: silveryaspen

Pronunciation: induc-trick-ate

Sentence: It was so easy for her to inductricate her husband into buying everything she wanted.

Etymology: inductricate: induc for induce + tric for trick + ate for the way those inducing tricks are taken in ... plus a play on the word indoctrinate

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