Verboticism: Dreadtuate
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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Verbusality
Created by: Lyokia
Pronunciation: Ver-bu-salasity
Sentence: She used her favorite verbusality to get her kid to do her bidding.
Etymology: verbal-abuse
Altrumatum
Created by: memexikon
Pronunciation: l tru may tum
Sentence: The liberals continue to deliver strong altrumatums to the White House.
Etymology: altrumism + ultimatum
Threativational
Created by: microwavedboy
Pronunciation: Threat-i-va-shun-al
Sentence: My mother and her endless threativational speeches kept my room, heart, and mind clean.
Etymology: I really can foresee threativational posters on people's cubicle walls in the future.
Nagwhip
Created by: jedijawa
Pronunciation: nag-whip
Sentence: Betty nagwhipped everyone in the office to do her bidding.
Etymology: nag + whipped
Ameliorbait
Created by: darlingdiva
Pronunciation: a-mel-ior-bate
Sentence:
Etymology: Taken from "ameliorate"--to make a situation better or more tolerable, and "bait"--to entice, especially by trickery or strategy.
Portentuate
Created by: Fenners
Pronunciation:
Sentence: Please portentuate me!
Etymology:
Unfithreat
Created by: librarian
Pronunciation: un'-fi-threat
Sentence: If you don't cure cancer, I won't do the dishes!
Etymology: unifit + threat as in the threat does not fit the required result.
Intiminag
Created by: ErWenn
Pronunciation: /in-'ti-m&-"nag/
Sentence: Aunt Petunia never figured out that her nephews just didn't enjoy brussel sprouts the way she did, and so her threats to not cook any came across more as intiminagging.
Etymology: from intimidate + nag
Parenlietivate
Created by: TwoSheds
Pronunciation:
Sentence: I often parenlietivate, it's good for my kids
Etymology: Parent+lie+motivate
Lametheativation
Created by: wiccanfey
Pronunciation: Lame-threat-ta-vay-tion
Sentence: Molly always used the lametheativation that if Rudolph didn't eat his carrots his nose would turn black.
Etymology: Lame, threat, motivation
