# let's use existing words **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [September 21, 2006, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-use-existing-words/373518 "2006-09-21T03:36:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![robertklein2004\_msn.com](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/d07c76/32.png) [@robertklein2004\_msn.com](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robertklein2004_msn.com)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2006, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-use-existing-words/373518/1 "2006-09-21T03:36:34Z")
donot make up new words --my peeve is turbning nouns into verbs"verbing" a noun;at CHRISTMAS WE NOW "GIFT"EACH OTHER, WHY IS THIS NECESSARY? :smack: ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2006, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-use-existing-words/373518/2 "2006-09-21T03:41:59Z")
I am phrasmotic and rankunctuous in agreetrasms. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2006, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-use-existing-words/373518/3 "2006-09-21T03:53:53Z")
[QUOTE=Smeghead] I am phrasmotic and rankunctuous in agreetrasms. [/QUOTE] A cromulent reply. ---
**Author:** ![Bobotheoptimist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/919ad9/32.png) [@Bobotheoptimist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bobotheoptimist)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2006, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-use-existing-words/373518/4 "2006-09-21T03:57:50Z")
Verbing weirds language! ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2006, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-use-existing-words/373518/5 "2006-09-21T03:59:29Z")
I won’t verb nouns if you tell me how I can avoid “turbning.” It sounds dangerous. ---
**Author:** ![BrassyPhrase](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ea666f/32.png) [@BrassyPhrase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrassyPhrase)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2006, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-use-existing-words/373518/6 "2006-09-21T04:00:53Z")
[QUOTE=Bobotheoptimist] Verbing weirds language! [/QUOTE] Keep Verbing Weird! (I was in Austin over last weekend–they sell shirts that say “Keep Austin Weird”) ---
**Author:** ![qubed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/f07891/32.png) [@qubed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/qubed)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2006, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-use-existing-words/373518/7 "2006-09-21T04:01:53Z")
In South Asia, “gift” as a verb is a perfectly normal part of English. For Example: “This box of pens was gifted to me by my uncle.” Yeah, it grated on my ears for awhile. But then I got used to it. ---
**Author:** ![Rufus\_Xavier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/eada6e/32.png) [@Rufus\_Xavier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rufus_Xavier)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2006, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-use-existing-words/373518/8 "2006-09-21T04:02:30Z")
Here at the SDMB, we shall now “post” each other. This is necessary. By the way, is “turbning” a new word? ---
**Author:** ![Alice\_The\_Goon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Alice\_The\_Goon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alice_The_Goon)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2006, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-use-existing-words/373518/9 "2006-09-21T04:04:06Z")
I think we should all conference this subject. Let’s lunch. ---
**Author:** ![Queen\_Bruin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Queen\_Bruin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Queen_Bruin)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2006, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-use-existing-words/373518/10 "2006-09-21T04:17:28Z")
[QUOTE=Johnny L.A.] A cromulent reply. [/QUOTE] Vocabularising embiggens us all. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2006, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-use-existing-words/373518/11 "2006-09-21T04:29:42Z")
[QUOTE=Alice The Goon] I think we should all conference this subject. Let’s lunch. [/QUOTE] I’ll task someone with restauranting us. ---
**Author:** ![GrizzRich](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/7ba0ec/32.png) [@GrizzRich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrizzRich)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2006, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-use-existing-words/373518/12 "2006-09-21T04:41:51Z")
[QUOTE=Marley23] I’ll task someone with restauranting us. [/QUOTE] Just keyboard out an invitation and email us. I’m sure a good number of us will motor over and be seated. Have the cook plate something nice and table it before us. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2006, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-use-existing-words/373518/13 "2006-09-21T04:42:24Z")
I’m starting to worry that we’re inventing Newspeak here. ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2006, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-use-existing-words/373518/14 "2006-09-21T05:16:31Z")
asifhsadj ajrf eoj ra alk;r aekl;jj rakddoi 2238 adv0&_()(&_ akldfj aselkkr! ---
**Author:** ![BlackKnight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/eb8c5e/32.png) [@BlackKnight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlackKnight)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2006, 6:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-use-existing-words/373518/15 "2006-09-21T06:42:38Z")
[QUOTE=Zebra] asifhsadj ajrf eoj ra alk;r aekl;jj rakddoi 2238 adv0&_()(&_ akldfj aselkkr! [/QUOTE] Could you give us a translation? Not everyone here knows PERL. ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2006, 6:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-use-existing-words/373518/16 "2006-09-21T06:48:52Z")
[QUOTE=Marley23] I’m starting to worry that we’re inventing Newspeak here. [/QUOTE] Dunno. Is “turbning” doubleplus ungood? ---
**Author:** ![DocCathode](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doccathode/32/18773_2.png) [@DocCathode](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DocCathode)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2006, 12:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-use-existing-words/373518/17 "2006-09-21T12:19:35Z")
[QUOTE=robertklein2004@msn.com] donot make up new words --my peeve is turbning nouns into verbs"verbing" a noun;at CHRISTMAS WE NOW "GIFT"EACH OTHER, WHY IS THIS NECESSARY? :smack: [/QUOTE] How is that new? Back in elementary school there were programs for gifted students. Gifted as in the past tense of the verb gift. Regarding words that are new, so what? Lanuage is a changing, growing thing. Monty Python’s Quest For The Holy Grail uses the pronunciation kuh-nigg-it not only because it’s funny. Knight used to be pronounced that way. Websters and other dictionaries list new words and new meanings every year. E-mail is a noun, a verb, and a word less than twenty years old. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2006, 12:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-use-existing-words/373518/18 "2006-09-21T12:45:36Z")
[QUOTE=robertklein2004@msn.com] donot make up new words --my peeve is turbning nouns into verbs"verbing" a noun;at CHRISTMAS WE NOW "GIFT"EACH OTHER, WHY IS THIS NECESSARY? :smack: [/QUOTE] The verb “to gift” dates back before 1608. How is a four centuries old usage “new”? > [@OED](#): > > 5.. Wife in Morel’s Skin Cjb, The friendes that were together met He [printed Be] gyfted them richely with right good speede. 1608 W. SCLATER Malachy (1650) 197 See how the Lord gifted him above his brethren. 1621 SANDERSON 12 Serm. (1637) 396 If God have not gifted us for it, he hath not called us to it. > [@OED](#): > > 1619 J. SEMPILL Sacrilege 31 If they object, that tithes, being gifted to Levi, in official inheritance, can stand no longer than Levi [etc.]. a1639 SPOTTISWOOD Hist. Ch. Scot. v. (1677) 278 The recovery of a parcel of ground which the Queen had gifted to Mary Levinston. ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2006, 12:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-use-existing-words/373518/19 "2006-09-21T12:49:27Z")
MMmm. Donot. ---
**Author:** ![Colophon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f05b48/32.png) [@Colophon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colophon)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2006, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-use-existing-words/373518/20 "2006-09-21T13:30:14Z")
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