incentive

Something, such as the fear of punishment or the expectation of reward, that induces action or motivates effort.

Jake was promised free entry into the bar if he mowed the lawn for his neighbor.

by Ryan Thompson July 19, 2004

Incentivize

A corporate-jargon non-word meaning "motivate," coined in 1968. Some 10 years later, it was shortened to the equally annoying verb "incent." Unfortunately, both are recognized by both Merriam-Webster and the OED.

The only respectable form of the word is the noun "incentive."

I would like to motivate him to never say "incentivize" again by telling him I will rip his windpipe out of his throat the next time I hear him say it.

I hope everyone who says "incentivize" in earnest knows they come across as a jargon-spewing ahole.

by StephakneeSays August 5, 2008

inventure

inventure (invention+adventure) Ð an adventure of mind, creative and engaging intellectual action.

This book is about the invention of radio, but it reads like a thriller, with one inventure piled upon another.

By cutting reason down to size and establishing its ÒproperÓ limits, Kant encouraged subsequent inventures, a never-ending quest to reach beyond the limits of rational thought.

by Mikhail Epstein November 6, 2003

incestive

Another word for "incest". Fits more appropriatly when used in some sentences.

n00b: U r gay.

Older other: Shut the fuck up you incestive little shit. Go have a hot rump with your dad.

by Owieman August 6, 2006

For all intensive purposes

de facto: The phrase is a corruption of "for all intents and purposes" by persons who have heard the phrase, but have not read it in it's proper form. It means "for all intents, and for all purposes."

de jure: Taken literally, the phrase means "for purposes which are intense. All purposes which are not intense are not included." This is almost completely opposite to what is meant by most people, and is why it is imperitive that persons use the proper phrase.

For all intensive purposes, everyone gets this phrase wrong.

by KJ Fee January 14, 2007

inventigate

v - to arrive at a conclusion via spurious, lazy, or entirely made up research. to seek truthiness.

Thanks to the journalistic integrity of this local newspaper, we can be sure that these incredibly out-of-context quotations were thoroughly inventigated.

by menace to propriety August 15, 2009

Innoventive

A word that means both ‘inventive’ and ‘innovative’ at the same time.

“Woah! This new recipe is so innoventive!”

by Iwilleatyourbread August 3, 2019