"Mouse over NP" > "mouseover" v.

[Mark Mandel]

It's more general phenomenon than this lex.item. Haven't you noticed people
using "login" as a verb instead of "log in", for years now?

But the process we see in "adding a mouseover" is old and wholly completely
productive:
V+Particle → N or Adj (treated as one word). E.g., oh, let's see...

   - kickback
   - throwaway
   - drive-in
   - takeout
   - strikeout

none of which we (at least we old fogies) would use as a one-word verb,
AFAIK. Eh, Wilson?

Mark

On Fri, Dec 7, 2012 at 8:19 AM, victor steinbok <aardvark66 at gmail.com>wrote:

> In fairly broad use these days... Even Language Log uses it ;-)
>
> Other variants include "Mouseover to see/reveal X" plus the noun,
> particularly used as "XX on mouseover".
>
> "adding a mouseover to a link through javascript"
>
> http://goo.gl/HgQRU
>
> "How can I get a mouseover to work for an image inside a table on a static
> > page?"
>
> http://goo.gl/0gXFp
>
> The roots are likely in JavaScript "mouseover" and "onmouseover" commands
> (derived from X-windows code where it was used somewhat differently). Come
> to think of it, I can't see any other reason for its existence.
>
> VS-)
>
>
> On Thu, Dec 6, 2012 at 11:44 PM, Wilson Gray <hwgray at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> >
> > Macuser.com
> >
> > "iTunes 11's MiniPlayer shows you the track name and artist by
> > default. When you _mouseover_, it replaces them with playback
> > controls."
> >
> > --
> > -Wilson
>

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