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For some reason the word “compute” in this context causes me to throw up in my mouth. It used to be that only “coding” could elicit this reaction - nevertheles
by tzahola 8y ago
For some reason the word “compute” in this context causes me to throw up in my mouth.
It used to be that only “coding” could elicit this reaction - nevertheless I’m quite fascinated by this new development.
- calibas 8y agoI support harsh penalties on anyone who tries to noun a verb.
- bstamour 8y agoVerbing weirds language. Respect your parts of speech!
- jamesblonde 8y agoNo noun is too proper to verbify :)
- dahart 8y agoVerbing nouns and nouning verbs is probably as old as verbs and nouns. These words are all nouned verbs: Chair, cup, divorce, drink, dress, fool, host, intern, lure, mail, medal, merge, model, mutter, pepper, salt, ship, sleep, strike, style, train, voice. (according to this, anyway: https://www.grammarly.com/blog/the-basics-of-verbing-nouns/ https://www.grammarly.com/blog/the-basics-of-verbing-nouns/) Shakespeare verbed nouns. "Compute" as a noun is at least 20 years old, according to my memory, and there are several high profile products named this way that are more than 10 years old.