verbing the noun

Randy Alexander strangeguitars at GMAIL.COM
Sun Feb 7 09:35:04 UTC 2010


Apparently this is now becoming a euphemism for choking the
purple-helmeted warrior of love, and countless other euphemisms that
are euphemisms of each other, following the pattern VERBing the NOUN.

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If it's as much of an endless stream of guys verbing the noun as is
claimed, it might be a neat CBT tool for inducing social anxiety.

http://www.metafilter.com/88978/Is-ChatRoulette-the-future-of-the-Internet-or-its-distant-past#2938686

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More here:

http://www.metafilter.com/85575/Verbing-the-Noun-if-you-know-what-I-mean-nudge-nudge-wink-wink

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