# 'inbox' as a verb.  When did this start?  And how prevalent is it?

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**Created:** [November 12, 2010, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inbox-as-a-verb-when-did-this-start-and-how-prevalent-is-it/560492 "2010-11-12T22:38:26Z")\
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**Author:** ![AndyLee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/898d66/32.png) [@AndyLee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AndyLee)\
**Post date:** [September 23, 2011, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inbox-as-a-verb-when-did-this-start-and-how-prevalent-is-it/560492/21 "2011-09-23T18:59:25Z")

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> [@outlierrn](#):
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> ‘Verbing weirds language.’  
> Calvin and Hobbes  
> this one’s new to me

That is exactly what I was thinking. Calvin was so ahead of his time

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**Author:** ![robert\_columbia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e79b87/32.png) [@robert\_columbia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robert_columbia)\
**Post date:** [September 25, 2011, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inbox-as-a-verb-when-did-this-start-and-how-prevalent-is-it/560492/22 "2011-09-25T14:32:21Z")

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> [@Prelude\_to\_Fascination](#):
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> I’ve not heard inbox used as a verb, but it strikes me as a buzzword fad, just as “interface” was some years ago, i.e., “Let’s interface over lunch and strategize our plan.”

Yes, we should also form a task force to go the extra mile and streamline a cross-platform, multi-disciplinary, and scalable deliverable and present it at the next 6-month all-hands meeting. Joe, can you conceptualize a model for such a results-oriented solution?

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**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\
**Post date:** [September 25, 2011, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inbox-as-a-verb-when-did-this-start-and-how-prevalent-is-it/560492/23 "2011-09-25T15:12:24Z")

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Why I’ll coffin you!

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