The Proliferation of Verbifications – NYTimes.com

Oct 29, 2012 | Uncategorized

The Proliferation of Verbifications – NYTimes.com.

 

Any noun can be verbed. So can many adjectives: we prettify a room, neaten our desk and brown a piece of meat. As Calvin succinctly explains to Hobbes, “Verbing weirds language.”

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