voluntell

Verb

voluntell (third-person singular simple present voluntells, present participle voluntelling, simple past and past participle voluntold)

1. (humorous, informal, often, transitive) To tell or force (someone) to "volunteer" to do something.
   • I just found out that I was "voluntold" [Marine-speak for a combination of volunteered and told—F[rank] S[chaeffer]] to stay back for a working party.2003 April 24, [anonymous United States Marine Corps corporal], “Combat Iraq”, in Frank Schaeffer, editor, Voices from the Front: Letters Home from America’s Military Family, New York, N.Y.: Carroll...
   • All had been directed by their command to participate in the study (in Marine jargon, they were "voluntold" to participate).2007, W. Lewis Johnson, “Serious Use of a Serious Game for Language Learning”, in Rosemary Luckin, Kenneth R. Koedinger, Jim Greer, editors, Artificial Intelligence in Education: Building Technology...