Verboticisms

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

| Comments and Points

Created by: chrisk2k7

Pronunciation: Thre-tee-vate

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

Etymology: Threat+Motivate

| Comments and Points

Created by: missparaguay1991

Pronunciation: as in mothrea - vational

Sentence: No sex for one week? that's very mothreavational!

Etymology: mothreavational /mo/ prefix + /threa/ from E. threat meaning warining on something imminent + /vational/ sufix

| Comments and Points

Created by: costellogreg

Pronunciation: in-SPY-ro-rize

Sentence: "My mom wanted me to be valedictorian, so she inspirrorized me, saying she'd stop loving me if I ever got a 'B.'"

Etymology: Inspire + Terrorize

| Comments and Points

Created by: seraphrevan

Pronunciation:

Sentence:

Etymology:

| Comments and Points

Created by: exmugger

Pronunciation: cor-ner-vate

Sentence: These people need to be cornervated or else they'll just waste their life away.

Etymology: corner someone + motivate

| Comments and Points

Created by: Chunk01

Pronunciation: naughty-vate

Sentence: The wife always tries to naughtivate me with promises of putting out if I'd only put up some shelves.

Etymology: Naughty+Motivate=naughtivate

| Comments and Points

Created by: paperpieces

Pronunciation: Fah-RAHUZE

Sentence: Sometimes when I need my kids to clean their room I use some faurousing techniques.

Etymology: Fau- from Faux, -rouse meaning stimulate

| Comments and Points

Created by: llimllib

Pronunciation: `Nag-i-vate

Sentence: My wife tried to nagivate me into washing the dishes, but my game of Madden was much too important.

Etymology: Nag + Motivate -> Nagivate

| Comments and Points

Created by: sufjan

Pronunciation: foe-ti-vait

Sentence: As a child, I always worked hard due to my my grandmother's fauxtivations about the tooth fairy making my teeth fall out.

Etymology: faux-fake (mo)tivate-to encourage

| Comments and Points