#verbify

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So, here’s our prompt for today’s Poetics from the lovely Lillian at dVerse.

Verbification, or verbing, is the creation of a verb from a noun, adjective, or other word. Think of the proper name, Google. It’s the name of a company and yet has become a verb as in, “I’ll google that.” Sometimes, as in this example, repetitive use actually turns a noun into a commonplace, albeit new for a…

Promete que nos veremos logo,

Promete que isso não vai ficar assim,

Article by Mike Hoban

I like how this article/post starts a conversation (I recommend reading through the comments to experience some of the responses). 

Excerpts: Why are some popular brands or products used as verbs in our everyday conversation and others not?