2007-09-25
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wordification and verbing
Does anyone else out there make up their own words? Or make nouns into verbs (I call it verbing)?
I do, and I'm sure there are a lot of other people out there who do as well.
I was thinking about hammocking. You could swing in a hammock, or just lay there, or curl up in one (if it's the right kind). That all falls under the umbrella of hammocking. Some day I'll write out all of the words my friends and I have made up, but hammocking is a good start.
Another trend would be adding "-age" to... well, just about anything. All this bloggage is making tired, maybe from the typage I'm doing. Is there really such a word as signage? It was brought up in a meeting at a preschool by a consultant, and someone questioned them about it.
This is something that I think Jennifer and Dan would like. If you talk to them, let them know please.
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yup, signage is the real dealage.
As someone very wise once said, "Verbing weirds words."
I tend to add -ness to words. Sweetness, eh?
As well, I use the word 'theifted'. I think this word was theifted from those who used to use it in my hometown... but no one else seems to have heard of it... hmm.
Man, bill_squared beat me to it
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