Verb is not a verb. Shame on you.
The last time I went to one of those classmate.com places, I used my real life fake name "Tom Ato." It's only obvious when I type it, never when I say it.
That person may have gone by a conceived or a real name during high school because of divorce or (re)marriage of a parent and as an adult switched. I know a guy who used a nickname and his mother's husband's last name in his personal life. The guy raised him. We needed to know his legal name once and we had no clue what it actually was, first name or last name. We had to call his Mom.
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I got one of those weird ones also....but, it was for a high school in some other state and for the class of '87....weird...I graduated in '95...not sure how they thought I was someone else...maybe just by name? 
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Neither is "google" but we use it like it is anyway, don't we?jsluder wrote:Gah! Friend is not a verb! Gah!
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izzarina wrote:Neither is "google" but we use it like it is anyway, don't we?jsluder wrote:Gah! Friend is not a verb! Gah!
Actually, google is now a verb according to Merriam-Webster.
"Friending" hasn't yet made it into the dictionary yet, though.
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HA! It's usage as a verb has made it so. Double HA! to you, Slood. I'll bet in a year's time, you'll be able to "friend" someone too, according to Merriam-Webster!rebl_rn wrote:izzarina wrote:Neither is "google" but we use it like it is anyway, don't we?jsluder wrote:Gah! Friend is not a verb! Gah!
Actually, google is now a verb according to Merriam-Webster.
"Friending" hasn't yet made it into the dictionary yet, though.
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No matter what Merriam-Webster says, I'll never "friend" anyone. Befriend, perhaps, but not friend.izzarina wrote:HA! It's usage as a verb has made it so. Double HA! to you, Slood. I'll bet in a year's time, you'll be able to "friend" someone too, according to Merriam-Webster!
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Ah, but will you begoogle them?jsluder wrote:No matter what Merriam-Webster says, I'll never "friend" anyone. Befriend, perhaps, but not friend.
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I am definitely not agog over begoogling. The mind boggles.MTGuru wrote:Ah, but will you begoogle them?jsluder wrote:No matter what Merriam-Webster says, I'll never "friend" anyone. Befriend, perhaps, but not friend.
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Would that necessitate deboggling?
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I've always thought that saying you're going to "google" someone sounded rather dirty. I'm thinking "begoogling" sounds worseMTGuru wrote:Ah, but will you begoogle them?jsluder wrote:No matter what Merriam-Webster says, I'll never "friend" anyone. Befriend, perhaps, but not friend.
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I feel you, but you and I cannot fight it. I have fought "on accident" for years and have lost. A tiny part of my spirit was broken in that struggle, and I have not the energy to fight 'friending.' My defense of the language is not, it seems, tireless.jsluder wrote:Gah! Friend is not a verb! Gah!
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I would argue that Facebook and the like are such new forms of interface that they require new coinages, and adjustments to pre-existing words, in order to adequately describe the activities.
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humph- isn't "friend" a gerund?
Upon reading what a gerund is I humbly retract this...
Upon reading what a gerund is I humbly retract this...
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It could be ... in German (well, a present participle, anyway).fel bautista wrote:humph- isn't "friend" a gerund?
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fel bautista wrote:humph- isn't "friend" a gerund?
Upon reading what a gerund is I humbly retract this...
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