Verboticism: Follygraphed
DEFINITION: v. To inspire and motivate people to do great things, by issuing petty threats. n. A kind and gentle threat.
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Philanthreaty
Created by: Carla
Pronunciation: fill-anth-reh-tee
Sentence: Later, when he questioned his mother about her use of water boarding to encourage the children to revise for their exams, she steadfastly claimed it was philanthreaty, for their own good.
Etymology: philanthropy + threat
Threativate
Created by: Windyo
Pronunciation: Thre-tee-vate
Sentence: Dude, my mom totally threativated me to mow the lawn.
Etymology: Threat+Motivate
Deprimatum
Created by: verbinator
Pronunciation: de-pri-may-tuhm
Sentence: John avoided yard work until his wife uttered a sexual deprimatum.
Etymology: deprive + ultimatum
Bribextortion
Created by: Pythias
Pronunciation: bri ' - bex - tor - tion
Sentence: The compromise of virtue by threat or duress could be considered bribextortion.
Etymology: bribe + extortion
Molaspasm
Created by: Taami
Pronunciation:
Sentence: c'mon clean up your room, you don't want a molaspasm do you.
Etymology:
Admonage
Created by: phanson
Pronunciation: add - monn - adge
Sentence: My mother used to admonage me to clean my room, by threatening to cut of my limbs if I did not
Etymology: Encouragement, Admonish
Pathretition
Created by: aruna
Pronunciation:
Sentence: Fed up of her boss's pathretitions, she resigned.
Etymology:
Threatentice
Created by: artr
Pronunciation: θretnentīs
Sentence: 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: 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)
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Amenaze
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.
Intimotivation
Created by: Bellman
Pronunciation: In-ti-moat-i-vay-shun
Sentence: "Well, I'd better go out amongst the ranks and spread some intimotivation."
Etymology: From 'intimidate' and 'motivation'.
