Verbing Nouns in English
This cluster revolves around discussions of turning nouns into verbs (verbing) in English, with commenters debating its grammatical validity, providing examples, and referencing cultural memes like 'Verbing weirds language.'
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Well, some people use it as a verb :)
but the way it's used here is clearly noun-as-verb
I guess nounification of verbs is allowed.
Hate to be that guy but this is a nouning of a verb
They just "verbed a noun", I believe.
In English, famously any noun can be verbed!
Wait a minute, did you just "verb" noun? I'm adjectived
No noun is too proper to verbify :)
You can't verb just any noun.
Verbing weirds language. Respect your parts of speech!