Fail as an adjective

Joel S. Berson Berson at ATT.NET
Fri Jul 10 15:31:42 UTC 2009


At 7/10/2009 10:07 AM, Arnold Zwicky wrote:
>the other possibility is that some nouns (like "loser" and "jerk")
>have developed adjective uses.  again, these uses could be playful and
>creative, or they could be more general.

Like "so fun".  Ugh for the adjective.

Joel

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