'circulation-goosing' - new term?

Dodi Schultz SCHULTZ at COMPUSERVE.COM
Thu Oct 31 22:33:04 UTC 2002


Mark Mandel observes,

  >> And the construction "NOUN1-VERBing NOUN2", meaning NOUN2 that VERBs
  >> NOUN1, or NOUN2 that's related to the action of VERBing NOUN1, is well
  >> established and productive, so that given the existing meaning of
  >> "goose", "circulation-goosing caffeine" already means "caffeine that
  >> stimulates circulation". There's no need to posit a new usage or
  >> construction.

That's correct.

--Dodi Schultz



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