#verbify

[lofihipbot]

lofi hip hop beats to verbify to

[scribblesandsnaps]

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So, here’s our prompt for today’s Poetics from the lovely Lillian at dVerse.

Verbification, or verbing, is the creation of a verb from a noun, adjective, or other word. Think of the proper name, Google. It’s the name of a company and yet has become a verb as in, “I’ll google that.” Sometimes, as in this example, repetitive use actually turns a noun into a commonplace, albeit new for a…

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SAUDADE

Promete que nos veremos logo,

Promete que isso não vai ficar assim,

e que toda essa distancia não vai roubar você de mim...

[padraicjfitzgerald]

Article by Mike Hoban

I like how this article/post starts a conversation (I recommend reading through the comments to experience some of the responses). 

Excerpts: Why are some popular brands or products used as verbs in our everyday conversation and others not?

It’s an interesting question and there are opposing sides in the business world about whether “verbifying” (which is a verbified word in itself) a brand or product is a good thing or not.