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Nope. It's "to verb". The act of making a noun into a verb is
"verbing".
"They verb words."
"Verbing words is common in the media."
"Many writers do not like seeing nouns verbed."
Hey, we might as well make the act of doing it fit the profile.
;)
Scott
--- Kent Newton <KNewton -at- mke -dot- catalystwms -dot- com> wrote:
> I believe it's "verbicide." 8-)
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: KMcLauchlan -at- chrysalis-its -dot- com
> [mailto:KMcLauchlan -at- chrysalis-its -dot- com]
> Sent: Monday, November 05, 2001 10:08 AM
> To: TECHWR-L
> Subject: RE: (Slight) HUMOUR: Banned Words
>
>
> I forget, is that "verbize" or "verbicize"?
>
> :->
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: kcronin -at- daleen -dot- com [mailto:kcronin -at- daleen -dot- com]
> > Sent: Monday, November 05, 2001 10:51 AM
>
> > add "decisioning," and any other
> nouns-forced-to-dress-up-like-verbs!
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