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    Steven Pinker‏Verified account @sapinker 27 Mar 2015

    If verbing a noun weirds language, what does nouning a verb do? The American Heritage® Dictionary Blog —http://goo.gl/tmOetC 

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      1. Elwood S‏ @wooden_files 27 Mar 2015
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        @sapinker I'd have to google that

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      1. Neal Goldfarb‏ @NealGoldfarb 27 Mar 2015
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        @sapinker Nouning ftw.

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      1. Professor Shorthair‏ @RhythmRuler 27 Mar 2015
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        @sapinker @GeoffNunberg that's a big ask.

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      1. Andrew Planet‏ @AndrewPlanet 27 Mar 2015
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        @sapinker ¡Wow!

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      1. Airbag Moments‏ @airbagmoments 27 Mar 2015
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        @sapinker I only askance verbing of adverbs.

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      1. jacob koshy‏ @neutranino 27 Mar 2015
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        @sapinker sanctifies it?

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      1. Mark Harrigan‏ @Oz_Mark 27 Mar 2015
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        @sapinker It languages the weird of course :) From solecism 2 neologism?-e.g. likes-tweets--that's the "build" or at least my "take-away" :)

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      1. Chris Losh‏ @ChrisLosh 27 Mar 2015
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        @sapinker @PlanetVictoria Much the same as verbing an adjective, probably...

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      1. Steve Smythe‏ @smooth2go 27 Mar 2015
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        @sapinker Nouning a verb? Nah, it's too big an ask.

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      1. Faraz Talat‏ @FarazTalat 27 Mar 2015
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        @sapinker It's called a "gerund".

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      2. Rand Simberg‏ @Rand_Simberg 27 Mar 2015
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        @sapinker Or verbing adjectives. I saw a social justice warrier tweet the word "invisibles X" this week.

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      3. Janice Houston‏ @memetrix 27 Mar 2015
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        @Rand_Simberg @sapinker I verb names of managers. Usage-typically after bad mtg:"you got Pinkered!"

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      1. Roy Abrams‏ @RQA 27 Mar 2015
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        @sapinker Gerund it?

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      1. Mediacodex‏ @mediacodex 27 Mar 2015
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        @sapinker like?

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      2. Rachel Appel‏ @RachelAppel 27 Mar 2015
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        @sapinker At Microsoft, it's common to us "ask" as a noun. I can't say I'm a fan of that one.

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      3. Airbag Moments‏ @airbagmoments 27 Mar 2015
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        @RachelAppel @sapinker Eww I hate that one, common in non-profits as well, "making an ask" of potential donors.

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