Thread: Word Nerds pls Help Me
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Unread 12-30-2010, 05:21 PM
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Well it hasn't surged into MY use. Why is 'At Christmas I gifted him a dancing girl' more modern and zingy than 'At Christmas I gave him a dancing girl'? What is this ridiculous use of nouns as verbs?
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