Verbing

I also hate what Calvin of Calvin & Hobbes calls verbing nouns. ❋ Unknown (2008)

'verbing' as a good thing, Mr. Shapiro said in an e-mail. ❋ By NICK BILTON (2010)

"verbing" of nouns (or the creation of "nerbs") has been a flashpoint for the past four or five decades with the growth of business management lingo. ❋ Unknown (2009)

BTW, wedgie appears to be a nouning of the verb “to wedge”, which in turn was a verbing of the noun “wedge.” ❋ Unknown (2010)

The “verbing” of nouns (or the creation of “nerbs”) has been a flashpoint for the past four or five decades with the growth of business management lingo. ❋ Unknown (2009)

But by verbing the noun "friend," making friends things you collect in grosses rather than whittle slowly in a moonlit workshop, it seems to render ironic the whole concept of friendship. ❋ Alexandra Petri (2010)

First they came for the verbs, and I said nothing, because verbing weirds language. ❋ Superversive (2010)

The grammatical sin of nouning verbs and verbing nouns has turned our beloved English language into a viper's nest, a linguistic Sodom and Gomorrah. ❋ Unknown (2009)

As you proceed, you might want to mention Shakespeares verbing of nouns. ❋ Unknown (2007)

Here are a lot more cats verbing nouns (peepee in the pants funny by midway thru): Link. ❋ Unknown (2006)

Personally, I think the misspelling such that it ended with an "e" rather than an "l" contributed to the verbing, which I think strengthened the brand awareness. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Things like noun verbing seem to me to enhance the language whereas eroding some of our best words so they have no more meaning harms the language. ❋ Unknown (2008)

I wonder if Adobe is perturbed by this verbing of their trademark as Google seems to be about theirs; further, I wonder if the Grammar Police will be on my case for using a noun like “verbing.” ❋ Unknown (2007)

Tell everyone you’re in their noun verbing their noun! ❋ Unknown (2007)

We're all going back to sleep now (well, I am, anyway), and will probably find a local place to brunch (oh dear, I'm verbing again, now I know I'm not feeling well) and perhaps a nice indoor activity or two before Leah drives back home. ❋ Unknown (2006)

• Lastly, I wonder if I just used "lastly" correctly, as Norbizness at Happy Furry Puppy Story Time runs down some grammatical faux pas (including a few that have grated at me for years) and Pythonizes (oh no, I'm verbing again!) the South Dakota decision. ❋ Unknown (2006)

But Spanglish has made so many mixed words, verbing Spanish words in English or vice versa by conjugating in Spanish English verbs. ❋ Desayunoencama (2004)

Anemic sentences, thanks to dependence on 'was', 'was verbing', and other abuses of the verb to be. ❋ Douglas Hoffman (2005)

I [googled] you before our [first date]. [Jerk]! Stop verbing! ❋ Sciurus (2004)

verbing [words] [weirds] [language] ❋ StrengthThroughApathy (2010)

verbing in action: 1. "Hey [insert name here], you've been gettin' pretty friendly with insert name here recently, eh?" "Hell yeah! We were sexing all night a few days ago!" 2. "Do you mind [scooting] over a bit?" "Sure, [chairing] is caring!" ❋ Spohken (2011)

These are all examples of [verbing]: "That [drag queen] womans better than I do." "I [potatoed] on the couch all day today" "I'm so tired I can't even brain right now" ❋ Sunshine100695 (2013)

"[Verb]...it's [whatcha] do!" -that [commercial] ❋ Dave (2004)

Let us verb [the people's] [mentality] in [unison]. ❋ Rajeeb2014 (2013)

Any [noun] can be [verbed]. [For example], any noun can be verbed. ❋ Meryki (2005)

To [verb] [the word] verb requires [that the] word verb be used as a verb ❋ Demerzel (2003)

[ejaculate], sex, smoke, drink, steal, run, beat [j00r] [meat] ❋ Onge (2004)

-I'll drop anybody that verb my momma! -Why you gotta verb me like that?? -N*[ggas] always [verbin'], but never [bout that action].. ❋ TheBx41 (2012)