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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: to author/nouns as verbs #1605 04/26/2000 8:08 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 >But my very (least) favorite is "to impact." Mine also; and now I have to tell you (this is going to hurt me more than it hurts you) that it appears from the etymology that the verb came first, from the Latin impactus. This verb has been nouned! http://members.aol.com/tsuwm/ Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted to author jmh 04/25/2000 9:43 PM Re: to author/nouns as verbs AnnaStrophic 04/26/2000 10:10 AM Re: to author/nouns as verbs Jackie 04/26/2000 3:18 PM Re: to author/nouns as verbs AnnaStrophic 04/26/2000 3:49 PM Re: to author/nouns as verbs tsuwm 04/26/2000 6:42 PM Re: to author/nouns as verbs jmh 04/26/2000 7:29 PM Re: to author/nouns as verbs Philip Davis 04/27/2000 11:39 PM Re: to author/nouns as verbs Philip Davis 04/27/2000 11:42 PM Re: to author/nouns as verbs jmh 04/28/2000 5:59 AM Re: to author/nouns as verbs tsuwm 04/28/2000 1:20 PM Re: to author/nouns as verbs jmh 04/28/2000 1:36 PM Re: to author/nouns as verbs tsuwm 04/28/2000 5:01 PM Re: to author/nouns as verbs arosebyanyname 06/08/2002 3:23 AM Re: to author/nouns as verbs jmh 04/26/2000 7:26 PM Re: to author/nouns as verbs tsuwm 04/26/2000 8:08 PM Re: to author/nouns as verbs wsieber 04/27/2000 5:31 AM Re: to author/nouns as verbs tsuwm 04/27/2000 3:18 PM Re: to author/nouns as verbs jmh 04/27/2000 5:33 PM 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 Flat Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,916 Posts230,422 Members9,211 Most Online17,319 Apr 8th, 2026 Newest Members Boo boo kitty fu, peterreineck, Peripatetic Toad, JerryC, blvd 9,211 Registered Users Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 23 A C Bowden 6 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 11,238 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,974 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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