http://wordie.org/people/vera?wl=3894#comments Comments for the word list 'Verbed nouns' http://wordie.org http://wordie.org/people/vera?wl=3894#comments From Steven Pinker's excellent book, "The Language Instinct".<br /><br />"Through the ages, language mavens have deplored the way English speakers convert nouns to verbs. The following verbs have all been denounced in this century: to caveat, to nuance, to dialogue, to parent, to input, to access, to showcase, to intrigue, to impact, to host, to chair, to progress, to contact... I estimate that about a fifth of English verbs were originally nouns." Tue, 19 Dec 2006 20:06:55 +0000 http://wordie.org/people/vera?wl=3894#comments http://wordie.org/people/vera?wl=3894#comments In the immortal words of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calvin_and_Hobbes">Calvin</a>, "verbing weirds language." :) Tue, 19 Dec 2006 19:09:57 +0000 http://wordie.org/people/vera?wl=3894#comments