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- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
noun .
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Examples
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Poetry is especially rich in novel words and usages, while many of the best prose writers throughout history have invented and mangled words with gusto; they have nouned verbs, they have verbed nouns, and they have done far worse, with good sense and imaginative flair.
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Are we so filled with fail that all verbs must be nouned?
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Are we so filled with fail that all verbs must be nouned?
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Not only do nouns get verbed,but verbs get nouned, as in these examples:“a winningrun,”“a long walk,”“a constant worry,” “takea call,” “a vicious attack.”
The Grammarphobia Blog » Blog Archive » Verbal reasoning 2010
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Anyway, I am glad to see that he was properly nouned eventually!
Fool me once, shame on you. - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2009
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Could Crowley have assumed that the verb 'limn' derived from the word for 'margin,' and nouned the verb accordingly?
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The notion of an entire collective-nouned generation going from folk-singing peace marchers to patchouli-oiled bong enthusiasts to gold-chained disco lizards to self-aggrandizing stock barons is a cartoon.
Booming Babies Still Want Bidey Rogers 2005
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So Chris, are you saying that it’s worse to verb a nouned-verb noun than it is to verb a non-nouned-verb noun?
The Volokh Conspiracy » “The Modern Practice of Making Certain Nouns into Verbs” 2010
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So Chris, are you saying that it’s worse to verb a nouned-verb noun than it is to verb a non-nouned-verb noun?
The Volokh Conspiracy » “The Modern Practice of Making Certain Nouns into Verbs” 2010
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