The chronically torsed ovary
From: Gibbons, John (JGibbons@stfranciscare.org)
Thu Jul 31 13:40:19 1997
Ladies and Gentlemen:
I just picked up a specialty magazine featuring an article on ovarian
torsion in young women. On the following page, there appeared a nice
picture captioned, "The chronically torsed and necrotic..." This rings
an old bell of annoyance, the creation of verbs from nouns, as in wine
from water. Hence:
I torse We torse
You torse You torse
He, she, or it torses They torse
Etc, on through other tenses, participles, gerunds, and so forth.
Anyone else object to these liberties? Examples are endless and amusing
to compile.
John
