'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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