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Verbing posted by Andrew Simone in humor, language | * | 3 comments comments
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I prefer this description of the concept, from Calvin of Calvin & Hobbes: "Verbing weirds language!"
Feeling Language Bardiac 2007
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I was bemused by the verb ‘blurb’ in your post, and I kept remembering a quote from Calvin and Hobbes: “Verbing nouns wierds language.”
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Verbing nouns and nouning verbs is something that we do constantly in language, as you note.
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Verbing Weirds Language only if you're expecting it to work in a simple way.
The Greenbelt FCD The Ridger 2010
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Verbing Weirds Language only if you're expecting it to work in a simple way.
The Greenbelt FCD The Ridger 2010
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Verbing Weirds Language only if you're expecting it to work in a simple way.
The Greenbelt 2010
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Verbing Weirds Language only if you're expecting it to work in a simple way.
The Greenbelt 2010
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Verbing Weirds Language only if you're expecting it to work in a simple way.
The Greenbelt 2010
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Verbing Weirds Language only if you're expecting it to work in a simple way.
The Greenbelt 2010
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