Verboticism: Influmenace
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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Pressuuuuure
Created by: Wriiight
Pronunciation: Just like pressure, but said sarcastically.
Sentence:
Etymology: Pressure, and "Suuuuuure"--A sarcastastic reply of 'sure' you might say when you don't believe a word they say.
Meganag
Created by: Bulletchewer
Pronunciation: me-ga-nag
Sentence: She had to meganag before Charles put pen to paper.
Etymology: From "nag" meaning to pester, with mega describing the results thereof.
Follygraphed
Created by: janedoe
Pronunciation: Fol-ee-graft
Sentence: I follygraphed when I convinced my co-worker that if he xeroxed a huge stack of papers, he'd get promoted to CEO.
Etymology: Folly + polygraph
Malivate
Created by: TheGentleSherpa
Pronunciation: Mal-I-Vate
Sentence: Last sunday, the priest gave one of the most malivational sermons I'd ever heard.
Etymology:
Kindare
Created by: remistram
Pronunciation: kynd-dair
Sentence: She kindared her staff into thinking they would not be receiving their annual Christmas bonus unless they did something out of the ordinary. So, the creepy guy in the corner finally washed his hair, the office tart wore flat shoes for once and the heavy set girl stopped eating everything in sight.
Etymology: kind (gentle, docile, with love) + dare (threat, challenge, provoke)
Inbenedate
Created by: Morwen
Pronunciation: In-BIN-ee-date
Sentence: When I was naughty, Mom would Inbenedate me by telling me Dad would be home soon.
Etymology: 'bene' means good in latin. (seen in the word 'benefactor') 'bene' is placed in the middle of 'intimidate'
Taskorize
Created by: purpleartichokes
Pronunciation: task-or-ize
Sentence: Although Bob thought he had created a brilliant report, his boss called him to taskorize him to provide more details, or face yet another disappointing performance appraisal.
Etymology: task, terrorrize
Pettifer
Created by: dragonprincess
Pronunciation: pet-i-fur
Sentence: Santa won't come unless you clean your room!
Etymology: 'petti' comes from the english word petty. The 'fur' part of the verd makes it a comand
