{"id":1368,"date":"2011-12-20T12:00:11","date_gmt":"2011-12-20T17:00:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/?p=1368"},"modified":"2011-12-20T12:00:11","modified_gmt":"2011-12-20T17:00:11","slug":"pushsuasion-santa-wont-come-unless-you-clean-up-your-desk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/?p=1368","title":{"rendered":"Pushsuasion: Santa won’t come unless you clean up your desk!"},"content":{"rendered":"

DEFINITION:<\/strong> v.<\/em> To inspire and motivate people to do great things, by issuing petty threats. n.<\/em> A kind and gentle threat.<\/p>\n

\"Santa<\/p>\n

VERBOTICISMS:<\/strong> (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers)<\/em><\/p>\n

Pushsuasion<\/strong>: \/push sway shun<\/em>\/ Every Mother is guilty of using pushsuasion to try and inspire their children to do more. It’s a bargaining tactic and right up there with those 2 magic words that inspire awe and compliance: “Or Else”, especially at Christmas time. Etymology:<\/em> Push (to urge, goad into action;make one’s self more successful) & Persuasion (inducement to act by argument or reasoning or entreaty)
\n Created by:<\/em> Nosila.<\/p>\n

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galwaywegian<\/a><\/strong>, 2011-12-16: 04:20:00<\/em>
also works around shove tuesday\n<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Hohohotivation<\/strong>: \/hoe hoe hoe tiv ay shun<\/em>\/ When motivation doesn’t work, try hohohotivation, if that doesnt’t work, it for packupandgotivation. Etymology:<\/em> Motivation, ho ho ho Created by:<\/em> galwaywegian.<\/p>\n

Naginspirate<\/strong>: \/Nagin spirate<\/em>\/ Harry totally naginpirated me to do the laundry so I could watch my favourite tv programme tonight. Etymology:<\/em> nag & inspirate Created by:<\/em> Lingoism.<\/p>\n

Threatentice<\/strong>: \/\u00ce\u00b8retnent\u00c4\u00abs<\/em>\/ The boss is famous for his ability to threatentice his sales staff. “If you don’t make time to get your paperwork done, I just might not have time to sign your commission checks” can be quite motivating. Etymology:<\/em> threaten (state one’s intention to take hostile action against someone in retribution for something done or not done) + entice (attract or tempt by offering pleasure or advantage) Created by:<\/em> artr2.<\/p>\n

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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. VERBOTICISMS: (Invented words created by the Verbotomy Writers) Pushsuasion: \/push sway shun\/ Every Mother is guilty of using pushsuasion to try and inspire their children to do more. It’s a bargaining tactic and right … Continue reading Pushsuasion: Santa won’t come unless you clean up your desk!<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[90,83,82,93,84,89,27],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1368"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1368"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1368\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1368"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1368"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.verbotomy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1368"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}