"incent" goes negative

Jonathan Lighter wuxxmupp2000 at YAHOO.COM
Tue Dec 18 19:39:13 UTC 2007


1998 Lara Stein & Benjamin Yoskovitz _The Buzzword Bingo Book_ (N.Y.: Villard) 47: Disincent: Jury-rigged verb form meaning "to convince someone to stop doing something."...
  "Mama grabbed away his popcorn to disincent Billy from kicking the seat in front of him."

  Lots on line.

  JL


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