Verbing
verbing postings (zero conversion only, not –ize, -ify, etc.) in AZBlog
note: this is not a list of all the verbings in my files, but rather a list of postings
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5/11/10: sandwich:
https://arnoldzwicky.wordpress.com/2010/05/11/sandwich/
sandwich
7/17/10: The Zits bath:
https://arnoldzwicky.wordpress.com/2010/07/17/the-zits-bath/
spit-bath ‘give a spit-bath’
7/22/10: Zippy goes zip-lining:
https://arnoldzwicky.wordpress.com/2010/07/22/zippy-goes-zip-lining/
zip-line (verbing or back-formation?)
8/1/10: Data points: verbing 8/1/10:
https://arnoldzwicky.wordpress.com/2010/08/01/data-points-verbing-8110/
mandamus
8/18/10: Data points: verbing 8/18/10:
https://arnoldzwicky.wordpress.com/2010/08/18/data-points-verbing-81810/
quote ‘originate (a notable quote/quotation)’
9/12/10: Data points: verbing, back formation 9/12/10:
https://arnoldzwicky.wordpress.com/2010/09/12/data-points-verbing-back-formation-91210/
catwalk ‘perform on or as on a catwalk at a fashion show; put someone or something on a catwalk, display someone or something on a catwalk’
10/21/10: Astonishing verbings:
https://arnoldzwicky.wordpress.com/2010/10/21/astonishing-verbings/
euthanasia, intercourse
12/24/10: Advances in verbing:
https://arnoldzwicky.wordpress.com/2010/12/24/advances-in-verbing/
mice
2/23/11: I was doored:
https://arnoldzwicky.wordpress.com/2011/02/23/i-was-doored/
door
2/23/11: scootering:
https://arnoldzwicky.wordpress.com/2011/02/25/scootering/
scooter
3/9/11: Scornful X-isms, X-manteaus, and X derivatives:
https://arnoldzwicky.wordpress.com/2011/03/09/scornful-x-isms-x-manteaus-and-x-derivatives/
sheen (from Charlie Sheen)
4/3/11: Verbing, mistake, or what?:
https://arnoldzwicky.wordpress.com/2011/04/03/verbing-mistake-or-what/
barber (on about); possibly a mistake
4/27/11: timesuck, the verb:
https://arnoldzwicky.wordpress.com/2011/04/27/timesuck-the-verb/
timesuck (not yet attested); mention of mommy-track, timestamp
5/5/11: Comic reporting:
https://arnoldzwicky.wordpress.com/2011/05/05/comic-reporting/
peacock
6/28/11: batting:
https://arnoldzwicky.wordpress.com/2011/06/28/batting/
bat ‘hunt for bats’
7/3/11: Verbing: dildo:
https://arnoldzwicky.wordpress.com/2011/07/03/verbing-dildo/
dildo, fist
8/26/11: bottoming:
https://arnoldzwicky.wordpress.com/2011/08/26/bottoming/
bottom (in several senses)
8/27/11: Uncle Tomming:
https://arnoldzwicky.wordpress.com/2011/08/27/uncle-tomming/
Uncle Tom
10/19/11: Annals of verbing:
https://arnoldzwicky.wordpress.com/2011/10/19/annals-of-verbing/
escoveitch
3/24/12: to oxter:
https://arnoldzwicky.wordpress.com/2012/03/24/to-oxter/
oxter
4/13/12: rebuttal, the verb:
https://arnoldzwicky.wordpress.com/2012/04/13/rebuttal-the-verb/
rebuttal
4/15/12: The news for pet rodents:
https://arnoldzwicky.wordpress.com/2012/04/15/the-news-for-pet-rodents/
guinea-pig
4/17/12: excessed:
https://arnoldzwicky.wordpress.com/2012/04/17/excessed/
excess
4/20/12: Odds and ends:
https://arnoldzwicky.wordpress.com/2012/04/20/odds-and-ends-3/
paragon
5/8/12: umbrella-reflect:
https://arnoldzwicky.wordpress.com/2012/05/08/umbrella-reflect/
umbrella-reflect
5/9/12: times, the verb:
https://arnoldzwicky.wordpress.com/2012/05/09/times-the-verb/
times
5/30/12: Lexical gap filled:
https://arnoldzwicky.wordpress.com/2012/05/30/lexical-gap-filled/
rainbow
7/6/12: Annals of commercial verbing:
https://arnoldzwicky.wordpress.com/2012/07/06/annals-of-commercial-verbing-showroom/
showroom
8/2/12: The great wave of verbing rolls on:
https://arnoldzwicky.wordpress.com/2012/08/02/the-great-wave-of-verbing-rolls-on/
Haefeli cartoon: social-network
8/30/12: to long grass:
https://arnoldzwicky.wordpress.com/2012/08/30/to-long-grass/
long grass; inventory of AZBlog postings on verbing
ML, 9/2/12: In this day of slack style…:
http://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/?p=4161
function
2/10/13: The inevitable verbing:
https://arnoldzwicky.wordpress.com/2013/02/10/the-inevitable-verbing/
drone ‘attack with a drone, kill by a drone’
3/12/13: Tea Party verbing:
https://arnoldzwicky.wordpress.com/2013/03/12/tea-party-verbing/
primary
3/24/13: Cyanide and Happiness roundup:
https://arnoldzwicky.wordpress.com/2013/03/24/cyanide-and-happiness-roundup/
peer pressure
4/22/13: More on modern communication:
https://arnoldzwicky.wordpress.com/2013/04/22/more-on-modern-communications/
Facebook
5/5/13: Clubbing:
https://arnoldzwicky.wordpress.com/2013/05/05/clubbing/
club ‘go to (dance) clubs’
5/21/13: Verbing garbage:
https://arnoldzwicky.wordpress.com/2013/05/21/verbing-garbage/
garbage
7/1/13: Screwball comedy:
https://arnoldzwicky.org/2013/07/01/screwball-comedy/
drugstore
11/4/14: Verbing the bumpkin:
https://arnoldzwicky.org/2014/11/04/verbing-the-bumpkin/
various verbings of bumpkin
12/31/14: Verbing the Second Amendment:
https://arnoldzwicky.org/2014/12/31/verbing-the-second-amendment/
second-amendment
3/7/16: Jeremy, adulting:
https://arnoldzwicky.org/2016/03/07/jeremy-adulting/
adult ‘act like an adult’
3/23/16: Annals of verbing: to long-press:
https://arnoldzwicky.org/2016/03/23/annals-of-verbing-to-long-press/
4/12/16: Verbing compounds: to turkey-peek, to prairie-dog:
https://arnoldzwicky.org/2016/04/12/verbing-compounds-to-turkey-peek-to-prairie-dog/
4/19/16: plate my meal:
https://arnoldzwicky.org/2016/04/19/plate-my-meal/
verbing of plate (food)
4/26/16: icing:
https://arnoldzwicky.org/2016/04/26/icing/
verbing of noun ice
