Saturday, February 16, 2008
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Notch for Orange, Notch for the Belt of Verbs
Syracuse's home win over the Hoyas earlier today inspired thoughts of a verb to add to the belt:
The Orange clowned No. 8 Georgetown, 77-70, in front of a season-high 31,327 fans at the Carrier Dome.
Clown as verb: to subject to ridicule, to cause another to appear silly, etc. Unlike evidence and discourse (as verbs), it is improbable that I will ever sneak clown or clowned into the academic prose.
Nevertheless, in celebration of the upset, go on, add it to your belt of verbs.
Posted by
dmueller at February 16, 2008 8:30 PM
to Belt of Verbs
Comments
Fabulous! I always have great success when explaining to sports fans that I want them to use active, precise verbs--to think like a sportscaster. (That sentence got away from me, but I'm too tired to revise.)
Posted by: susansinclair at February 17, 2008 6:09 PM