incentivate

To motivate, same as incentivize, but it sounds better.

We're going to incentivate the employees with cash rewards, raises, promotions and holidays.

by Dipshito May 7, 2007

Incestigate

When a sibling detective squad hooks up with each other during or after an investigation.

After solving the Mystery of the mysterious mystery, The Hardy Boys went back to their place to Incestigate. All Night Long.

by androoxc November 2, 2009

Incentivation

This poetic melding of incentive and motivation was coined by John Howard, the Austraian Prim Minister, late last century, but failed to grip the national imagination.

It is now a bit of a joke, kind of like the Liberation of Iraq.

We need to create an system of incentivation where workers are rewarded for their loyalty.

by RunSlimDJ August 1, 2005

Napoleon Incentive

When one's own self inadequacies lead one to be more ambitious and successful. Similar to the Napoleon Complex, which states that one of short stature may be more aggressive and domineering. It is named after Napoleon because he was of short stature, but was massively ambitious and successful, which many shorter men have to do in order to make up for their short stature.

Brett suffered from the Napoleon Complex and was bitter. His friend, Dave, had a Napoleon Incentive and decided to become more confident and funny to compensate for his height.

by SithLordTrevor November 2, 2021

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

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