Verboticism: Petrifimotivate

'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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Petrifimotivate

Created by: denise

Pronunciation: pe- tri- fi- MO-ti-vate

Sentence: The over controlling mother got her son to clean up his room by pretrifimotivating him with subtle reminders of his continuing bedwetting issues.

Etymology: A blend of petrify (with a play on the word petty) and motivate

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