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verb

(verb) : to use a noun as a verb

You can verb just about anything.

Submitted by: Ori from California on May. 06, 2007 18:26

(verb) : Use of a noun (a word describing a person, place, or thing) as a verb (a word that describes an action). The self-referential irony is delicious.

I often verb words when I interface with people in the office.

Submitted by: June from Colorado on Feb. 16, 2006 18:54

verbage

(noun) : use of words in an unusual or noticeable manner

So some very interesting verbage there from the president.

Submitted by: Choppie from Michigan on Jan. 14, 2009 07:45

(noun) : phrasing

Use the same verbage as the previous document.

Submitted by: andrew from Tennessee on Jun. 27, 2007 12:46

Verbality (noun) : A phrase or word with a particular essence.

The harsh verbalities of the instructor appeared to crush the fragile spirits of young Cindy Lu.

Submitted by: Scott M. from Florida on Jun. 06, 2007 00:05

verbing (verb) : activating a noun - i.e. making a verb out of a noun.

We beered and lobstered at the lobster pound.

Submitted by: Steph Dunn from Maine on Dec. 13, 2005 13:03

verbiphilic (adjective) : Having a perfervid obsession with words.

The verbiphilic librarian read through all 20 volumes of the Oxford English Dictionary in one sitting.

Submitted by: Yinneth from New Jersey on May. 31, 2007 17:19

verbize (verb) : To transform a word normally used as a noun into a verb.

In recent years, the nouns "interface" and "network" have been verbized and are now considered acceptable verbs by some.

Submitted by: Anonymous on Nov. 09, 2007 09:30

verbject (noun) : (verb+object) – a verbal object, a mixed genre of conceptual art or installation in which a material object and its verbal description compose one aesthetic whole.

In Ilya Kabakov's verbjects, words do not hide what is standing before the viewer; the material presence of the object remains sharp and tense, and the more the artist's vision is concentrated, the more naturally it engenders and "leads" a text. —Mikhail Epstein, "After the Future", 1995

Submitted by: Mikhail Epstein from Georgia Us on Mar. 31, 2007 21:13

verbophobia (noun) : dreaded fear of certain words (or, rarely, of words in general)

Nowadays in the United States, because of all the fears about war, religion and science, homosexuality, etc, many people suffer from varying degrees of verbophobia, conditioned to react to certain words or even sounds with fear. —jonathan keith sheriff, another internet site with rare words, unknown

Submitted by: jonathan keith sheriff from California on Oct. 27, 2005 21:43

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