[Ads-l] Verb of the Day Award

[Laurence Horn]

> On Aug 29, 2021, at 4:26 PM, Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at GMAIL.COM> wrote:
> 
> Quora.com:
> 
> "[Q:] What do you think of Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick blaming unvaccinated
> black people for the Covid spread in his state?"
> 
> "[A.:] Right wing loon liars gotta right wing loon lie.”
> 
Perfection on the back-formed compound verb, but I’d have expected “Right wing loon liars *gonna* right wing loon lie”.

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