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verbing nouns
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verbing nouns
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Wednesday, September 14, 2011
Humorize and Verborize
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The Verbing of America The verbing of America Is getting out of hand, Yet many nouns are also verbs, Like toast and rake and land. Whe...
Friday, June 10, 2011
Alex Trebek Phonetically Verbs a Noun
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Is it just me or did Alex Trebek verb a noun on Tuesday evening? When the contestants were unable to provide the question for the clue, Alex...
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Wednesday, March 9, 2011
This is How They Verb Nouns
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Seems to me that verbing of nouns has become one of the more popular methods of word creation these days. In linguistics this is called a fu...
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Wednesday, October 13, 2010
Let's Anniversary That
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Just in case anyone missed the recent Language Log post , here is my definition of a the new verb. anniversary v. tr. 1. To make an annual...
Tuesday, September 22, 2009
Verbing Nouns and Placing Products
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I love the way John Mayer succeeded in verbing two different proper nouns in one sentence and the way he managed to drop in a little product...
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