more nominalized "fail"

[David Bowie]

From:    Arnold Zwicky <zwicky at STANFORD.EDU>
> 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.

I see. So they're saying nominalized "fail" is a fail.

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