Have you noticed that more and more words, which are usually nouns, are suddenly turning into verbs? This is the act of verbification: the creation of verbs from words that are normally other parts of speech.
Practically everyone says "google this" when they actually mean to use the Google search engine to find something.
It's often used in marketing speak, as in: "This will impact sales next year." The more correct way to say it would be "This will have an impact on sales next year." since impact is originally a noun and using it as a verb sounds awkward.
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Verbification can be thought of as lazy, as it takes fewer words to get your point across. It's often better to use a different word altogether and avoid the awkward phrasing. In the above example, the word influence could be used instead of impact.
Wednesday, April 25, 2007
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This is interesting - what are your views on utilizing the word "contact" as a verb? It originally was a noun only, but I no longer see any grammar guides frowning upon its usage as a verb.
I tend to make up words in my colloquial writing (such as my blog) because it makes me feel more creative. I wonder if Shakespeare did the same, for the same reason.
I think that it is okay to use "contact" as a verb, it has been used that way for quite a while. Other words, such as "host" were originally nouns only, but then were used as verbs (as in "host a party").
Only those that must make a verb out of *every* possible noun tend to annoy me.
I remember one time when I was attending this graphic seminar, most of the speakers use "photoshopping" to refer to the act of using photoshop instead of just saying "digitally manipulating".
Eventually some of these words will actually be widely accepted; I think it can't be helped.
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I tend to make up words in my colloquial writing (such as my blog) because it makes me feel more creative.
Kids make up 2 many words these days.
I tend to make up words in my colloquial writing (such as my blog) because it makes me feel more creative. I wonder if Shakespeare did the same, for the same reason.
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People are verbifying things in their blog these days. I can see some of the bloggers doing it.
What makes more difficult the learning of a new language is no doubt the verbs. Good point.
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This is too complicated. I'll stick with antiquing.
A noun is converting into verb not only in English, but these days it's happening quite often with other languages too.
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Only those that must make a verb out of *every* possible noun tend to annoy me.
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I usually do this specially the phrase, "Google this!". Lol. I thought this is just okay. I even used it in one of my articles. I've also read that phrase on the site NBA.COM. So I thought it was okay to use it. Anyway, thanks for sharing this info! This would help me not to commit this mistake again. Thanks!
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I suppose verbifying nouns and adjectives is becoming a lot more common nowadays although a lot still sound strange to me. For instance, I think it is only recently that 'To verbify' was considered common. Acceptance is always going to depend on context as usual e.g. To tangify would be understood in most contexts but it probably wouldn't be wise to use it in an academic paper.
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