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'Autonomous' is an adjective.

• jayess 8y ago
  I guess it's sorta like how "architect" has become a verb.
  • eric_h 8y ago
    According to [0], the use of architect as a verb goes back to at least 1818. 0) https://english.stackexchange.com/a/212273 https://english.stackexchange.com/a/212273
    • jmkb 8y ago
      And it's similar in form to verbs like detect and protect. Maybe the noun should be architector.
• repsilat 8y ago
  So is "mobile". It used to be awkward and embarrassing when someone said things like "focusing on mobile" but then we got used to it I guess. The same might happen here (though "driverless" will probably be more common than "autonomous".)
  • JasonFruit 8y ago
    I don't have to like it. I am still bothered by "mobile", "solar", "nuclear" (or "nookyular"), and the rest. I'm willing to die on this hill — or to stand on it, waving my arms, showing that one man at least cares about the English language.
• soVeryTired 8y ago
  People - particularly businesspeople, and especially American businesspeople - like to noun and verb words. Verbing and nouning weirds language.
  • braythwayt 8y ago
    > Verbing weirds language https://www.gocomics.com/calvinandhobbes/1993/01/25 https://www.gocomics.com/calvinandhobbes/1993/01/25 Don't miss the comment pointing out the word "denominative:" http://www.dictionary.com/browse/denominative http://www.dictionary.com/browse/denominative
• bunderbunder 8y ago
  Depending on just how traditional you want to be, it may not even be a word.