more nominalized "fail"

[Arnold Zwicky]

On Jun 16, 2009, at 2:18 PM, Ben Zimmer wrote:

> Meanwhile, some carping about the nouning of "fail" here:
>
> http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2009/06/top-7-conservative-new-media-fails-so-far-this-year.php#comment-3499602

including the wonderful:

   Sorry, but "fail" is not a noun. Using it as a noun doesn't make it
a noun.

arnold

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