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[–] Wertheimer@hexbear.net 21 points 2 years ago (2 children)
[–] FanonFan@hexbear.net 9 points 2 years ago

Our languaging abilities have been fully weirded by unnecessary verbing.

[–] NewLeaf@hexbear.net 7 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I was hoping someone would post the comic, but I'm too lazy. Have an upvote

[–] Frank@hexbear.net 16 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

~~Descriptivists~~ Prescriptivists delende est. z

Linguistics is literally "We will not end the horror. We will only explain it.

:@iridaniotter@hexbear.net has informed me that I posted cringe and I have corrected it

[–] iridaniotter@hexbear.net 11 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] Frank@hexbear.net 14 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] iridaniotter@hexbear.net 9 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Sorry, I didn't mean to own you. I just don't want people confused.

[–] Frank@hexbear.net 10 points 2 years ago

No, no, it is okay to be owned sometimes. We own, and are owned in turn. Such is the way of the world.

[–] the_kid@hexbear.net 15 points 2 years ago (1 children)

NOOOOO please stop saying "genociding"

[–] Posadas@hexbear.net 13 points 2 years ago

Idf propaganda officer spotted

[–] btfod@hexbear.net 15 points 2 years ago

I'm nouning verbs, whatcha gonna do?

Ex: Make health insurance executives an imprison.

[–] BodyBySisyphus@hexbear.net 12 points 2 years ago

If you love verbing nouns so much, why didn't you statement that there's nothing English teachers can action to prevention you? You're existencing inadequate verbnouning levels.

You really think you're safe from English teachers?

Don't make me interpret you barthes-shining

[–] muddi@hexbear.net 9 points 2 years ago

If you want a treat, look up noun incorporation in polysynthetic languages. Or perhaps rather:

if you treatwant, you should nounincorporationinpolysyntheticlanguageslookup

[–] Dingus_Khan@hexbear.net 7 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I'm so adjective I could verb a noun!

[–] Belgdore@lemm.ee 3 points 2 years ago

I’m so stinky I could breath a potato! I love mad libs.

[–] Dolores@hexbear.net 7 points 2 years ago

oh yeah? well i like nouning verbs!

[–] blight@hexbear.net 6 points 2 years ago

I poo on this take. You will be pooed on. I will be pooing on you. I am the pooer.

[–] panopticon@hexbear.net 4 points 2 years ago

Leverage those nouns

[–] ShimmeringKoi@hexbear.net 4 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

"Nounverber goes on verbing spree, dozens angry'd"

[–] CthulhusIntern@hexbear.net 3 points 2 years ago

I adverbly adjective nouns.