favorited?

[Scot LaFaive]

So would you want to argue that "friend (v)" is conversion from "friend (n)"
or a clipping of "befriend (v)"? Just curious what most would think.

Scot


>From: Charles Doyle <cdoyle at UGA.EDU>
>Reply-To: American Dialect Society <ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
>To: ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
>Subject: Re: favorited?
>Date: Sun, 28 Jan 2007 14:06:51 -0500
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>Poster:       Charles Doyle <cdoyle at UGA.EDU>
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>I recently got an email from "FaceBook," with the information that somebody
>had "friended" me.  Last night on "Law & Order, CI" (a rerun, I believe)
>the police had to "street" (i.e., 'set free') a suspect because of
>insufficient evidence of criminality.
>
>It goes on . . . .
>
>--Charlie
>____________________________________________________
>
>---- Original message ----
> >Date: Sun, 28 Jan 2007 11:45:47 -0500
> >From: David Bergdahl <dlbrgdhl at GMAIL.COM>
> >Subject: favorited?
> >To: ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
> >
> >
> >A friend sent me a Dilbert video from YouTube.  At the bottom, this line
> >appeared:
> >
> >Views: 10,613     Comments: 5     Favorited: 47 times
> >___________________________________
> >David Bergdahl
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