Comments on: Vex, Hex, Smash, and Smooch http://www.sinandsyntax.com/blog/vex-hex-smash-and-smooch/ An online salon for those who love wicked good prose. Wed, 01 Feb 2012 04:13:08 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Celia Savage http://www.sinandsyntax.com/blog/vex-hex-smash-and-smooch/comment-page-1/#comment-1233 Celia Savage Tue, 08 Feb 2011 15:54:52 +0000 http://www.sinandsyntax.com/?p=683#comment-1233 I love fossick, which is a level up from rummage [also a favourite]. 'Fossicking' is lovely! I love fossick, which is a level up from rummage [also a favourite]. ‘Fossicking’ is lovely!

]]> By: Constance Hale http://www.sinandsyntax.com/blog/vex-hex-smash-and-smooch/comment-page-1/#comment-649 Constance Hale Tue, 02 Nov 2010 23:01:57 +0000 http://www.sinandsyntax.com/?p=683#comment-649 Wonderful example, Jean! Wonderful example, Jean!

]]> By: Jean Carrière http://www.sinandsyntax.com/blog/vex-hex-smash-and-smooch/comment-page-1/#comment-648 Jean Carrière Tue, 02 Nov 2010 19:38:49 +0000 http://www.sinandsyntax.com/?p=683#comment-648 Connie; Found this one in the November 1 issue of the the New Yorker. David Remnick, critiquing 'Groovin' High', a book in the life and lures of Keith Richards, writes: "He slags punks as talentless." Slag replaces two words (make waste) and has punch don't you think? Connie;
Found this one in the November 1 issue of the the New Yorker. David Remnick, critiquing ‘Groovin’ High’, a book in the life and lures of Keith Richards, writes: “He slags punks as talentless.”
Slag replaces two words (make waste) and has punch don’t you think?

]]> By: Constance Hale http://www.sinandsyntax.com/blog/vex-hex-smash-and-smooch/comment-page-1/#comment-626 Constance Hale Sat, 16 Oct 2010 02:16:10 +0000 http://www.sinandsyntax.com/?p=683#comment-626 Love this example. Thanks! Connie Love this example. Thanks!

Connie

]]> By: Jean Carrière http://www.sinandsyntax.com/blog/vex-hex-smash-and-smooch/comment-page-1/#comment-624 Jean Carrière Fri, 15 Oct 2010 19:00:22 +0000 http://www.sinandsyntax.com/?p=683#comment-624 My least favorite verb has to be "to friend", which I read recently in reference to collecting friends in Facebook. Ugh! There must be a limit to turning nouns into verbs. My favorite verb is "to skew". My least favorite verb has to be “to friend”, which I read recently in reference to collecting friends in Facebook.
Ugh! There must be a limit to turning nouns into verbs.

My favorite verb is “to skew”.

]]> By: Connie Hale http://www.sinandsyntax.com/blog/vex-hex-smash-and-smooch/comment-page-1/#comment-445 Connie Hale Sat, 24 Apr 2010 13:26:21 +0000 http://www.sinandsyntax.com/?p=683#comment-445 Responses on Facebook: "Flummox" (Lisa Alpine) "Bamboozle" (Yann Martel in Life of Pi said this is the verb Indians love most. Sent by Laura Fraser.) "To eat" (Laura Fraser) Responses on Facebook:

“Flummox” (Lisa Alpine)

“Bamboozle” (Yann Martel in Life of Pi said this is the verb Indians love most. Sent by Laura Fraser.)

“To eat” (Laura Fraser)

]]> By: Nancy Devine http://www.sinandsyntax.com/blog/vex-hex-smash-and-smooch/comment-page-1/#comment-444 Nancy Devine Fri, 23 Apr 2010 04:06:24 +0000 http://www.sinandsyntax.com/?p=683#comment-444 I like boogey, dance, cram, demolish, upend, melt, ooze, incinerate, pin, throttle, topple, trash, simmer, and of course, lather, rinse and repeat! Don't get me started, I'm a verb lover, not a fighter. As I recall, I won a copy of Wired Style in one of your workshops by producing the longest list of verbs in one minute. Vex, Hex sounds simply fab. Go Connie, go Connie! I like boogey, dance, cram, demolish, upend, melt, ooze, incinerate, pin, throttle, topple, trash, simmer, and of course, lather, rinse and repeat! Don’t get me started, I’m a verb lover, not a fighter. As I recall, I won a copy of Wired Style in one of your workshops by producing the longest list of verbs in one minute. Vex, Hex sounds simply fab. Go Connie, go Connie!

]]> By: Constance Hale http://www.sinandsyntax.com/blog/vex-hex-smash-and-smooch/comment-page-1/#comment-442 Constance Hale Wed, 21 Apr 2010 22:25:05 +0000 http://www.sinandsyntax.com/?p=683#comment-442 What's your favorite verb? I like lunge, emerge, cajole. I guess it's a J kind of day.... What’s your favorite verb? I like lunge, emerge, cajole. I guess it’s a J kind of day….

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