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Topic Options #199463 - 04/28/11 10:41 AM Verblink dudders310 stranger Registered: 04/28/11 Posts: 1 Is there a word for the linguistic figure of speech in which a verb is used that is linked to or descriptive of the subject? For example, "prices of Southwest Airlines stock soared today, while GM's drove off a cliff". I have coined a term for it: verblink. Top #199466 - 04/28/11 11:00 AM Re: Verblink [Re: dudders310] LukeJavan8 Carpal Tunnel Registered: 06/23/08 Posts: 5270 Loc: Land of the Flat Water WELCOME ABOARD DUDDERS310 _________________________ ----please, draw me a sheep---- Top #199475 - 04/29/11 01:05 AM Re: Verblink [Re: dudders310] Zed Pooh-Bah Registered: 08/27/02 Posts: 2154 Loc: British Columbia, Canada Sounds like it could be a fun game. Kind of like Tom Swifties. and Welcome Top #199476 - 04/29/11 05:02 AM Re: Verblink [Re: Zed] Tromboniator addict Registered: 05/10/10 Posts: 690 Loc: Alaska Police Dept. Team Locks Up Playoff Spot; Heavy Equipment Operators Also Make The Grade. Peter Top Previous Topic Index Next Topic Preview Hop to: General Topics ------   Information and announcements   Q&A about words   Wordplay and fun   Words and languages in schools   Miscellany   Weekly Themes   Looking for (writers, speakers, ...) (Old) Weekly themes. (have been consolidated into a single forum above) ------   Words from medicine   Beheading words   Meta-words   Words from classical mythology   Animal Safari   Words with unusual etymologies   Eponyms or words derived from people's names.   Loanwords from German   English as a global language Moderator:  Jackie  Print Topic Switch to Threaded Mode View profile Send a PM Add to your Watched Users View posts View profile Send a PM Add to your Watched Users View posts View profile Send a PM Add to your Watched Users View posts View profile Send a PM Add to your Watched Users View posts Forum Stats 8419 Members 16 Forums 13686 Topics 209704 Posts Max Online: 3341 @ 12/09/11 02:15 PM Newest Members Stephen A, fgjhgjk, Nora Francis, sabosophie, Lore Lorena 8419 Registered Users Who's Online 1 registered (Rhubarb Commando), 47 Guests and 2 Spiders online. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters (30 Days) LukeJavan8 83 jenny jenny 67 wofahulicodoc 46 endymion6 43 BranShea 36 Rhubarb Commando 28 Buffalo Shrdlu 19 Faldage 17 Jackie 16 tsuwm 15 May Su M Tu W Th F Sa 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31

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