The pallyshaggers have found a perfect ‘tactic’ that saves their lazy arses from EVER having to do a single bit of reading or research. Simply take all the things that plasticinians do to Israelis and to their own people, and turn them around and say that it was the Israelis who did them to the plasticinians. Genius. So easy, and with a ready audience to eagerly lap up every word without question.
So professor X’s cutesie little upside-down faces are more appropriate than he could ever know ![]()
Bro I already left, why you still pinging me here?
But since you asked, here you go
I mean it’s hard to imagine being as retarded as you are so proud to be, meh. Maybe a braincell or two of honesty will grow in you before the end (I won’t bet on it though).
"Verbing: It’s Nothing New
Verbing has been built into English for more than 1,000 years. Our modern use has simply made the practice increasingly inventive and obvious.
Signs of verbing appeared in Old English (app. 500–1100 A.D.). It also could be seen in Middle English (1100–1500), when, for example, the noun dark expanded into the verb to darken and the noun rain became a verb to describe the action, to rain.
By the era of William Shakespeare (late 1500s–early 1600s), verbing was thriving:
“Grace me no grace, nor uncle me no uncles.” — Richard II
“He words me.” — Hamlet
While some might argue that verbing lessens the distinction of English, we can’t escape that verbing is here to stay and will remain as long as its meanings are clear.
Some linguists estimate that more than 20% of English verbs originate from noun-to-verb conversion. The following words all began as strictly nouns before veering into our vernacular as well-understood verbs.
| access | party | |
|---|---|---|
| audition | hammer | pressure |
| author | highlight | privilege |
| bottle | impact | snow |
| contact | mastermind | thunder |
| critique | microwave | workshop |
| debut | oil | xerox |
Verbing: More About Why
People turn nouns into verbs for different reasons, some of which we’ve already alluded to. We verbify nouns for:
efficiency and simplicity. Turning a noun into a verb can tighten expressions and make them more direct. Compare let’s iPad our notes with let’s make our notes in our iPads.
flexible expression. Verbing is one of the easiest ways to create new words through common use. Think of the presence of verbs such as Google, Zoom, and message in our daily lives.
adapting with culture and technology. As new tools, trends, apps, and platforms emerge, we can expect more verbing in the future. This is especially true of actions that become indistinct from their brands: “Venmo me,” “We should DoorDash dinner tonight.”
greater creativity of expression. Verbing lets us be creative and playful with our everyday speech: “I’m done adulting for today,” “I think Lizette is going to ghost me,” “Jack and Jill said they’re going to Netflix and chill tonight.”
While verbing adds breadth and versatility to American English, we also want to be careful about context. Verbing is casual, colloquial usage that may not always be proper in formal communication. As with any other message we share, we should consider our audience.
Similarly, verbing often arises from cultural trends and references, many of which tend to fade as times change. Too much verbing can make new colloquialisms grating and stale and hasten their demise.
Verbing: Ways to Verb a Noun
Nouns have a few different means of morphing into verbs.
Direct Conversion (Zero Derivation): No change in spelling or form
email > I’ll email you the details.
chair > She chaired the meeting.
butter > Can you butter the bread?
Affixation: Adding verb suffixes such as -ize, -ify, or -en
apology > apologize (He apologized for losing her Taylor Swift tickets.)
beauty > beautify (Sara beautified Stan’s originally garish outfit.)
strength > strengthen (The sales manager believes we can strengthen the numbers.)
Back-Formation: Removing suffixes from nouns
babysitter > babysit (Raj babysat the Abassis’ six greyhound dogs.)
editor > edit (Someone needs to edit Uri’s résumé.)
option > opt (Fans are now opting not to pay $18 for a beer at concerts.)
Functional Shift: Slight change of meaning from noun to verb
book > Have you booked the vacation cruise yet?
ship (vessel) > The delivery was supposed to have been shipped last week.
text > Please advise Enrique not to text about our plans to unload our company stock.
Metaphorical Extension: Shifting of nouns to verbs through figurative meaning
bridge > We need to bridge the gap between the quality of your guitar and mine.
shoulder > Hank shouldered the burden of having to weed the yard.
host > Chenda is hosting the neighborhood block party this year.
You’ll also often notice that simply adding the suffix -d or -ed will change many nouns into verbs.
| Noun | Verb with -d or -ed |
|---|---|
| download | downloaded |
| gift | gifted |
| paint | painted |
| phone | phoned |
| table | tabled |
| Skype | Skyped |
| task | tasked |
Pop Quiz
Use verbing to complete the following sentences by changing the noun into an action word.
1. Bart said that it’s time for the business to [liquid] its assets.
2. The two leaders plan to [conversation] in June.
3. How long have you been [game] online?
4. The consultant will suggest better ways for us to [utility] our resources.
5. The hanging of the championship banner will [glory] the team for at least several more years."
Now admit you were wrong, or just bite the bullet of your own self-dishonest retardation.
I won’t hold my breath.
More American online ‘research’. Those are appalling. You are reallly proving your point ![]()
All you are doing is proving MY point for fuck sake.
You can’t possibly be THAT thick.
You are, actually, this lazy and dumb. I have zero pity for you. And that is saying something. Not that you would know.
Exquisite ![]()
The sad reality is that you are not joking. You are, actually this stupid. And boasting it with no shame.
You guys sort of speak like idiots. What is interesting about that is that anybody that would find what you write compelling, and felt themselves aligned with you and your thinking, is unequivocally also an idiot.
So, in a way, you are doing the world a favour.
Too stupid to realized should be embarrassed
^ pick one
One that shows how illiterate you are? This is the winner.
How long have you been [game] online? No clue what that’s supposed to mean.
Game is a noun. Gaming is a verb.
Genocide is a noun. Genociding is a verb.
That is all you will get out of me.
Go back to being the silly cretin you were ![]()
Lol genociding.
Oh look, one other retard arrives to continue the trolling marathon.
How long have you been gaming online?
Fixed it for you.
Didnt mean to genocide your gaming there playboy. Carry on.
So you admit “gaming” is a verbing example of “game”?
Wow, imagine that ![]()