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DEFINITION: To inspire and motivate people to do great things, by issuing petty threats.
Verboticisms
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Prospur
Created by: OZZIEBOB
Pronunciation: Pros-SPUR
Sentence: Bob's nobloquy was the prospur Roxie need to win the "Scientist of the Year" award
Etymology: PROSPUR: Blend of prosper: to thrive, succeed, to win & SPUR: something that goads one into action. NOBLOQUY: nob, a person top in his/her field, or position in life. "to chide or speak of a "nob" in order to motivate."
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COMMENTS:
very nice - Jabberwocky, 2007-12-24: 09:52:00
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Inspithreat
Created by: thejoshinator
Pronunciation: in-spi-thret
Sentence: The manager of the company inspithreatened his workers.
Etymology: Inspire + threat
Guiltimatum
Created by: Jabberwocky
Pronunciation: gilt/i/may/tum
Sentence: Uh oh,here comes the guiltimatum. Cover your ears or you'll end up in therapy when you're older.
Etymology: guilt + ultimatum
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COMMENTS:
Very good! - OZZIEBOB, 2007-12-24: 15:50:00
Excellent! - Mustang, 2007-12-24: 22:01:00
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Intimivate
Created by: Mustang
Pronunciation: in-TIM-eh-vayt
Sentence: Miranda is a petty tyrant who will not hesitate to use silly little threats in a misguided effort to intimivate people to do her bidding.
Etymology: Blend of 'intimidate' (to force into or deter from some action by inducing fear) and 'motivate' (to provide with a motive or motives; incite; impel)
Promptabitadmon
Created by: gemmgemms
Pronunciation: prom-pet-ab-it-ada-mon
Sentence: When she tried to promptabitadmon him he simply scoffed at her little cautions.
Etymology: prompt:to motivate + bit:little small amount + admonish:to discipline or threaten
Shamanipulate
Created by: Tigger
Pronunciation: /sha-muh-nip'-yuh-leyt/
Sentence: Vicky first learned how to shamanipulate while babysitting for her cousins, an effective way to get them to do what she wanted, and the art of shamanipulation still served her well when nogitiating with her boyfriend.
Etymology: sham/shame - a hoax or pretense (perhaps from "shame") / [shame] feeling of disgrace or guilt (from Old English, sceamu) + manipulate - to manage or influence skillfully (back formation from manipulation; from Latin, manus "hand")
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COMMENTS:
Sometimes its good to be naughty... - Tigger, 2007-12-30: 20:41:00
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Bullivate
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: boo l-ee-veyt
Sentence: Christine is very good at getting action out of people. She will bullivate her coworkers whenever she thinks they are getting complacent about doing her work.
Etymology: bully (a blustering, quarrelsome, overbearing person who habitually badgers and intimidates smaller or weaker people) + motivate (to give incentive to)
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
Negivate
Created by: Stevenson0
Pronunciation: neg/i/vate
Sentence: With the use of browbeating, a loud voice and threats, my boss can negivate any employee.
Etymology: negative + motivate
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COMMENTS:
excellent - Jabberwocky, 2007-12-24: 09:56:00
Good word! - OZZIEBOB, 2007-12-24: 15:51:00
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