Verboticisms

Created by: ZumZum

Pronunciation: mo-ti-threat

Sentence: When I can't find a good reason to make them do it, I always make some awful possible consequence and use it to motithreat these bastards.

Etymology: Moti - as in motivation Threate - well, you ain't that slow...

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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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Created by: xirtam

Pronunciation: rooz-rouz

Sentence: True Story: I was waiting in line for a ride at Disney World. A very dissheveled father, in line in front of me, told his winey kid that Disney will make him leave the park if he doesn't behave. His ruserouse worked, and the rest of the wait was much more pleasent.

Etymology: Ruse: a trick, stratagem. + Rouse: to stir or incite.

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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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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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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

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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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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)

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Created by: galwaywegian

Pronunciation: bed err wa chout

Sentence: She issued her bedderwachouts with such sickening regularity, the twins were tempted to tell Santa where to shove his ps3.

Etymology: better watch out, better not cry etc.

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COMMENTS:

I think the twins should be careful becaue she has bedderwachclout - Jabberwocky, 2007-12-24: 09:54:00

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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)

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