Falling through the Solar System at an astonishing 635,266 kilometers (394,736 miles) per hour, NASA's Parker Solar Probe has just smashed the record for fastest object ever to be created by human hands.

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[–] Feathercrown@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago (3 children)

We really need to stop verbing nouns ("blazes"? Really?) but this is cool

[–] Salamendacious@lemmy.world 10 points 2 years ago (2 children)

What's the matter you've never elbowed your way through a crowd? Pencil in a meeting? Or maybe buttered your bread? English verbs nouns all the time. BTW verb is a noun. So "verbing nouns" is literally verbing the noun "verb."

[–] Feathercrown@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago (1 children)

BTW verb is a noun. So “verbing nouns” is literally verbing the noun “verb.”

...that's the point lol

[–] Salamendacious@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Well now I feel foolish. That's okay though because I feel this way frequently. I'm used to it.

[–] Feathercrown@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Rip, happens to the best of us. Hope ya feel better

[–] Cocodapuf@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

"Verbing funs English!"

-Calvin and Hobbes

[–] Mac@mander.xyz 4 points 2 years ago

Why? The fun of language is breaking the rules in ways that still make sense.

[–] reattach@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Merriam-Webster traces the verb form of "blaze" to Middle English, so not exactly a new form of the word:

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/blaze

[–] Feathercrown@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I figured someone was gonna btfo me with a dictionary link lmao fair enough

[–] reattach@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

Haha I was curious myself so looked it up