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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Page 3 of 3 1 2 3 Re: defensing #150645 11/21/05 08:21 PM Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass tsuwm Carpal Tunnel tsuwm Carpal Tunnel Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass Quote: Quote: Does the OED also have "verb" as a verb? That would surprise me even more. nope. get with the times, guys! verb, v. trans. To use (a word, esp. a noun) as a verb; = VERBIFY v. 1936 F. CLUNE Roaming round Darling vii. 62 The Poet accused me of verbing a noun, but I soon fixed him. I threatened to noun a verb. 1978 Verbatim Sept. 7/1 Take..the four names of the four seasons. Two have been verbed, and two have not. One summers, in Maine, and winters, perhaps, in Florida. 1984 Philos. of Sci. LI. 465 Practically any noun can be verbed in English. OED, ADDITIONS SERIES 1993 note the predating of Calvin & Hobbes. -joe Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: defensing #150646 11/21/05 08:23 PM Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 3,290 R'lyeh zmjezhd Carpal Tunnel zmjezhd Carpal Tunnel Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 3,290 R'lyeh get with the times, guys! I did type OED1. I await your checque to buy an OED CD-ROM. Ceci n'est pas un seing. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: defensing #150647 11/21/05 08:29 PM Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass tsuwm Carpal Tunnel tsuwm Carpal Tunnel Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass Quote: get with the times, guys! I did type OED1. I await your checque to buy an OED CD-ROM. that also is passé. I use nothing but OED online now, although I could "cheaply" (relatively speaking) update my olde CD-ROM. really, all of you who have ever used the OED Big Books and lusted after them should investigate getting online access through whatever library(s) you frequent -- this may only set you back the cost of your library card! p.s. to jheem, I know you typed OED1; but that's not what I quoted. I apologize for including you by proxy though. Last edited by tsuwm; 11/21/05 08:31 PM. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter More Brown and his banding of unnouns #150648 11/21/05 09:31 PM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 2,661 Chicago musick Carpal Tunnel musick Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 2,661 Chicago Since this seems the place to out-throw this suggestion... Is it not also true that: Practically any verb can be nouned in English coupled with verbification, completes the wicked cyclification of the aforementioned nit-pick'ns? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: More Brown and his banding of unnouns #150649 11/21/05 09:36 PM Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 7,210 Vermont Buffalo Shrdlu Carpal Tunnel Buffalo Shrdlu Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 7,210 Vermont > verb can be nouned ah, the Great Went.... formerly known as etaoin... Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Page 3 of 3 1 2 3 Moderated by  Jackie  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... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Threaded Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,915 Posts229,893 Members9,197 Most Online3,341 Dec 9th, 2011 Newest Members Bill_L, achz, MAGNVSTALSMA, Burlyfish, Renegade98 9,197 Registered Users Who's Online Now 1 members (wofahulicodoc), 454 guests, and 2 robots. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) A C Bowden 28 wofahulicodoc 24 LukeJavan8 3 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 10,894 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,947 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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