Hatrack River Writers Workshop: Turning nouns into verbs

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Posted by Grumpy old guy (Member # 9922) on :

Nearly fell out of my chair while reading this; I call it research.

Now, I'm off to punch the puppy.

Forbes

Phil.

Posted by LDWriter2 (Member # 9148) on :

You mean the Business Jargon article?

Posted by TaleSpinner (Member # 5638) on :

The Economist Style Guide, in its section on the differences between American and British English, notes an American proclivity to "verb nouns" as it put it, IIRC.