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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Page 1 of 2 1 2 Proper Noun used as verb #102665 05/06/03 05:44 PM Joined: May 2003 Posts: 1 C callmeal70 OP stranger OP callmeal70 stranger C Joined: May 2003 Posts: 1 Does anyone know the term to use when a proper name or noun is used as a verb? For example: someone was "Bork-ed", we've been "Daschel-ed", "Forest Gump-ed" your way through life. Any ideas? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Proper Noun used as verb #102666 05/06/03 10:56 PM Joined: Oct 2000 Posts: 5,400 rego park of troy Carpal Tunnel of troy Carpal Tunnel Joined: Oct 2000 Posts: 5,400 rego park travesty? my other obsession Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Proper Noun used as verb #102667 05/07/03 12:23 AM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 W wwh Carpal Tunnel wwh Carpal Tunnel W Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 "Eponym" is a noun, and nouns can be "verbed". Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Proper Noun used as verb #102668 05/07/03 12:27 AM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Faldage Carpal Tunnel Faldage Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 "Eponym" is a noun We'll be OK as long as we don't boycott this thread. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Proper Noun used as verb #102669 05/07/03 12:42 AM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 W wwh Carpal Tunnel wwh Carpal Tunnel W Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 Anyone who boycotts this thread will get lynched. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Proper Noun used as verb #102670 05/07/03 10:34 AM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Faldage Carpal Tunnel Faldage Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Lynch is even better than boycott since it seems to have never been anything than a verb; boycott seems to have appeared simultaneously as a verb and a noun. I don't see why the word eponym can't apply here. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Proper Noun used as verb #102671 05/07/03 10:49 AM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 1,027 Switzerland wsieber old hand wsieber old hand Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 1,027 Switzerland guillotined is faster Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Proper Noun used as verb #102672 05/07/03 01:44 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 W wwh Carpal Tunnel wwh Carpal Tunnel W Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 Dear wsieber: Hard to find a guillotine. But you can jack ketch a guy with his own suspenders/ OK, I admit to inventing "jack ketch" as a verb. He was a famous English hangman. http://www.hangman.info/hangman2.htm Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Proper Noun used as verb #102673 05/07/03 02:33 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 >I admit to inventing "jack ketch" as a verb. 'ketch' is an extant verb in this sense (cf. ketchcraft). Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Proper Noun used as verb #102674 05/07/03 04:36 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 W wwh Carpal Tunnel wwh Carpal Tunnel W Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 Dear tsuwm: your knowledge of obscure words mesmerizes me. 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