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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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Fauxerce

Created by: DarthWader

Pronunciation: foh ers

Sentence: In exasperation, Nancy began to fauxerce her children, "If you don't start picking up those toys by the count of three, I'm selling your bodies to research. One... Two... Three... Harry! Get the Escalade!"

Etymology: faux (fake) + coerce (persuade by using force or threats)

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Insprite

Created by: degsy99

Pronunciation:

Sentence: She insprited cleanliness throughout the office with her cajoling and minor threats.

Etymology: Combination of inspire, incite and threat.

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Petation

Created by: Dylanor

Pronunciation: Pehtayshun

Sentence: Stop with the petation already!

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Pettiwet

Created by: wordmeister

Pronunciation: pet-tee-wet

Sentence: Andrea knew her team would never meet the deadline unless they worked all night, so she pettiwet them with death. It worked.

Etymology: petit or petty + threat but wet

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Scarivate

Created by: sophie

Pronunciation: SKAIR-eeh-vate

Sentence: "I'm going to scarivate him into getting the project in on time"

Etymology: Scarily = to do something in a frightening or alarming manner + Motivate = To incite or impel

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Inspult

Created by: voxexmachina

Pronunciation:

Sentence: His writing skills improved after I inspulted them.

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Motiscorn

erasmus

Created by: erasmus

Pronunciation: mo ti score n

Sentence: bev could not resist her daily motiscorn of her colleagues

Etymology: from motivate and scorn

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Carrotsticking

Created by: quippingqueen

Pronunciation: carot/stick/ing

Sentence: Management had to agree that the carrotsticking strategy to enhance quarterly sales worked infinitely better than the more traditional burning at the stake.

Etymology: carrot and stick - a metaphor for positive and negative rewards associated with good behavior

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COMMENTS:

Hey QuippingQueen! Good one! Who wants to get hit with a carrot! - wordmeister, 2006-12-19: 11:18:00

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Parenting

Created by: Psychicsi

Pronunciation:

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COMMENTS:

this is actually good! - wordmeister, 2006-12-19: 09:56:00

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Threativate

Created by: bghicks

Pronunciation: Thre-tee-vate

Sentence: Dude, my mom totally threativated me to mow the lawn.

Etymology: Threat+Motivate

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