http://www.doubletongued.org/index.php/dictionary/put_a_nickel_in_someone/
Less a Word of the Moment than a Phrase of the Moment, but I’m happy to make an exception for such a terrific colloquialism.
Put a nickel in someone, v. phr.
To provoke a person to excitement or talkativeness; to rile or anger someone; to cause someone to act. Also put a quarter in someone and, rarely, put a dime in someone.