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Yeah ok roast potato was a bad (not a) example, I got hung up searching for a verb+noun one and lost track. 'pocket picker' illustrates my point though, you sw
by OJFord 3y ago
Yeah ok roast potato was a bad (not a) example, I got hung up searching for a verb+noun one and lost track.
'pocket picker' illustrates my point though, you swapped the verb for noun form, and it became the other way around.
'kiss-ass' is the same again, or at least it arguably is. (And I would argue it: it alleges a person to be one who 'kisses ass', not who is the kiss on the ass itself.)
- thaumasiotes 3y ago> 'pocket picker' illustrates my point though, you swapped the verb for noun form, and it became the other way around. No, "pickpocket" is already a noun, and it means "pocket picker". Just like "kiss-ass".
- OJFord 3y ago'picker' compounded in 'pocket picker' is a noun, and 'pick' compounded in 'pickpocket' is a verb. 'kiss' ...
- thaumasiotes 3y agoSuppose you want to describe someone by the action they perform. There is a normal way to do this, and "pocket picker" is an example of it. There is also an extremely marked, almost-never-used way to do it, and "pickpocket" is an example of that. What are you trying to say?