[stylist] Tuesday's Word: verbicide

[vejas]

If there was nounicide I might kill "school" and "homework"
Vejas


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From: Brad Dunsé <lists at braddunsemusic.com
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Subject: Re: [stylist] Tuesday's Word: verbicide

Yes, the big bad noun with a cannister sprayer
strapped to its back, hosing all the verbs on the
page, contaminating everything.  Where's the
Enverbimental Protection Agency when you need them.

Brad






On 1/24/2012  05:30 PM vejas said...
It sounds like the murdering of a verb LOL.


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Verbicide

VER-bh-syde

(noun)



1.  Deliberate distortion of the sense of a word (as in punning)

2.  One who distorts the sense of a word



“So, weeding out unnecessary verbs in your
writing, by use of a weed-killing noun as this
very one, might be construed as a verbicide? “





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