do you use nouns as verbs?
2006 October 18
Something I read recently talked about how Photoshop has become so ubiquitous a word, that it is now used as a verb, as in: “Can you Photoshop that out?” or “Did you Photoshop that?”
One that irks me to no end is the recent LCBO ad run that uses the slogan: “Do you VQA?” The ad copy reads all conspiratorial, like they’re talking about something dirty and sexual. “There they were, VQA’ing right on the living room floor…” It’s just freakin’ wine! Get over yourselves. Irritating.
Do you use nouns as verbs? What are your trendy language creations?
Do you iPod? Do a Tom Cruise?
Let’s make a list…
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