Verboticisms

Created by: nikdudnik

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Etymology: fix+saturate

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Created by: wysware

Pronunciation: in-flu-men-ace

Sentence: I'm not trying to influmenace you - but you will be very sorry if you don't do what i want.

Etymology: influence (motivate) menace (scare)

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Created by: Alchemist

Pronunciation: Mith-thret-en

Sentence: Since it was Xmas eve, I mythreatened the children into eating their peas.

Etymology: Myth - a fictitious story, person or thing Threaten - to promise dire consequences unless a certain course of action is taken

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Created by: polarpanda

Pronunciation: ah-meh-naze

Sentence: I'd like to thank The Academy, of course, but also my mother; without her amenazing I never could have completed the screenplay for "I Cleaned My Desk, but Santa Never Came."

Etymology: From Spanish amenazar "to threaten" and English amaze.

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Created by: krisynxkhaos

Pronunciation: in-ver-di-cate.

Sentence: I'm not afraid to inverdicate students.

Etymology: invigorate + verdict + ate.

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Created by: aruna

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Sentence: Fed up of her boss's pathretitions, she resigned.

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Created by: dimercurio

Pronunciation: eks-TOR-tiv-ayt

Sentence: I was going to let my brother renovate his house on his own, but my wife extortivated me with denying sex.

Etymology: Portmanteau of extort and motivate

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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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Created by: Javeson1

Pronunciation: re-ver-sigh-KOT-oh-me

Sentence: Mothers are naturally the best at reversychotomy, as everyone knows.

Etymology: like reverse psychology, but inspiration-wise rather than psych-wise.

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Created by: ArsMajika

Pronunciation: TAWN-taw-lo-JEE

Sentence: Mom guilted me into finishing my masters with Tauntology

Etymology: Taunt + Psychology

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