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>Though I’m Kenyan by ethnicity, I grew up abroad, in the US and UK, and I’ve found that my foreign accent and perspective other me, even within my family. I h

by oniony 1y ago

>Though I’m Kenyan by ethnicity, I grew up abroad, in the US and UK, and I’ve found that my foreign accent and perspective other me, even within my family. I had to read this sentence four times before I even considered that 'other' could be a verb!

SoftTalker 1y ago
It's not, at least not in any dictionary I've consulted. Though in context it works, I guess.
- deleted 1y ago
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- jama211 1y ago
  It’s slang, but I’ve heard it.
- Adrock 1y ago
  https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/other https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/other Added in November 2017 according to https://www.merriam-webster.com/wordplay/other-as-a-verb https://www.merriam-webster.com/wordplay/other-as-a-verb
  - netsharc 1y ago
    I've started hearing "x" be used as a verb as well... As in "We need to 4x our output!". I hate it as much as I hate MBA wankers using "ping" as if they're ICMP compliant...
- terribleperson 1y ago
  Perhaps you should try consulting Merriam-Webster then.
  - jama211 1y ago
    Haha well said