As a linguist I don't like the "anything goes" argument.
Language evolves, sure, but out of necessity, not based on whims which are by definition temporal. Business talk affects a lot of us and excludes even more, and if you ask me, that's its primary purpose. Turning nouns into verbs is also linguistic laziness. Verbing is slothing us all up.
Playing with language is a totally different thing and should be encouraged, however.
Posted By: APB on September 24th 2015 at 19:37:25
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- Just so we are clear, 'TO BENCH' is not a verb (General Chat) - shoddy, Sep 24, 18:54:36
- "You can't just make up words" - where do you think words come from? (General Chat) - Higher Wrather, Sep 24, 19:45:18
- library more like i would imagine (General Chat) - Tombs, Sep 24, 19:48:37
- Stone pages, though. Durable, but you'd need a wheelbarrow. (General Chat) - Higher Wrather, Sep 24, 20:13:56
- Hieroglyphics (n/m) (General Chat) - essexcanaryOTBC, Sep 24, 20:14:55
- not if you are making offerings to the gods (General Chat) - Brandonio, Sep 24, 19:51:00
- good point, forget all i said about book storage it was flawed advice (n/m) (General Chat) - Tombs, Sep 24, 19:53:10
- Stone pages, though. Durable, but you'd need a wheelbarrow. (General Chat) - Higher Wrather, Sep 24, 20:13:56
- Committees. Did you miss the email? (General Chat) - APB, Sep 24, 19:47:26
- roffle (n/m) (General Chat) - Chris Peacock, Sep 24, 19:46:44
- library more like i would imagine (General Chat) - Tombs, Sep 24, 19:48:37
- ssn saying "carded" in golf gets on my wick (General Chat) - IG88, Sep 24, 19:36:47
- TEXTED, that as well, people who say texted are worse than the tories (General Chat) - Tombs, Sep 24, 19:31:05
- I texted Ted (n/m) (General Chat) - Jumbo1, Sep 24, 19:41:19
- Actioned and impacted (on). Said by fuckheads. (General Chat) - APB, Sep 24, 19:39:50
- except it is (General Chat) - Worzel Scrimmage, Sep 24, 19:18:26
- (its) (General Chat) - APB, Sep 24, 19:42:34
- no, it was slip of the brain (General Chat) - Worzel Scrimmage, Sep 24, 19:46:42
- like missing the article out of that sentence? (n/m) (General Chat) - Brandonio, Sep 24, 19:52:10
- .... (General Chat) - Tombs, Sep 24, 19:54:56
- lol (n/m) (General Chat) - essexcanaryOTBC, Sep 24, 20:00:00
- dunno what that was (General Chat) - Worzel Scrimmage, Sep 24, 19:53:38
- it could be that you added a year onto your life the other day (n/m) (General Chat) - Brandonio, Sep 24, 19:55:27
- possibly - I've always done that for some reason (General Chat) - Worzel Scrimmage, Sep 24, 19:59:22
- My mum always used to do that once we were over halfway through the year. (General Chat) - APB, Sep 24, 20:29:58
- and my grandmother underestimated her age by two years for a long time (General Chat) - Worzel Scrimmage, Sep 24, 20:07:55
- possibly - I've always done that for some reason (General Chat) - Worzel Scrimmage, Sep 24, 19:59:22
- it could be that you added a year onto your life the other day (n/m) (General Chat) - Brandonio, Sep 24, 19:55:27
- .... (General Chat) - Tombs, Sep 24, 19:54:56
- Lol. (n/m) (General Chat) - APB, Sep 24, 19:48:15
- like missing the article out of that sentence? (n/m) (General Chat) - Brandonio, Sep 24, 19:52:10
- no, it was slip of the brain (General Chat) - Worzel Scrimmage, Sep 24, 19:46:42
- vmt (n/m) (General Chat) - Brandonio, Sep 24, 19:42:32
- As a linguist I don't like the "anything goes" argument. (General Chat) - APB, Sep 24, 19:37:25
- oh I agree with that, but it's the Oxford dict. that decides whether it's no longer a whim (General Chat) - Worzel Scrimmage, Sep 24, 19:52:14
- Simeon Potter (General Chat) - Worzel Scrimmage, Sep 24, 20:06:12
- Cheers. I think I've heard of that. (n/m) (General Chat) - APB, Sep 24, 20:25:09
- np, I think you'll find it both interesting and useful (n/m) (General Chat) - Worzel Scrimmage, Sep 24, 20:27:49
- Cheers. I think I've heard of that. (n/m) (General Chat) - APB, Sep 24, 20:25:09
- Simeon Potter (General Chat) - Worzel Scrimmage, Sep 24, 20:06:12
- cunning (n/m) (General Chat) - Jumbo1, Sep 24, 19:41:55
- *swoon* (n/m) (General Chat) - Tombs, Sep 24, 19:40:07
- wevs (n/m) (General Chat) - Jumbo1, Sep 24, 19:42:25
- Jealous. Go back to Garrrrrrrrrrry. (n/m) (General Chat) - APB, Sep 24, 19:44:21
- wevs (n/m) (General Chat) - Jumbo1, Sep 24, 19:42:25
- oh I agree with that, but it's the Oxford dict. that decides whether it's no longer a whim (General Chat) - Worzel Scrimmage, Sep 24, 19:52:14
- (its) (General Chat) - APB, Sep 24, 19:42:34
- none of those words are made up (General Chat) - Charles21, Sep 24, 19:13:30
- Thats just your opinionisation. (n/m) (General Chat) - Pit, Sep 24, 19:04:30
- you are totally kjdhflksdjvb. (n/m) (General Chat) - shoddy, Sep 24, 19:06:29
- Please don't use that tone of language on the wrath (General Chat) - essexcanaryOTBC, Sep 24, 19:10:25
- you are totally kjdhflksdjvb. (n/m) (General Chat) - shoddy, Sep 24, 19:06:29
- "You can't just make up words" - where do you think words come from? (General Chat) - Higher Wrather, Sep 24, 19:45:18
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