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minus-squareDomeGuy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·8 hours agoThere are few adjectives which are both homophones and homonyms for verbs. I wonder if there are any such pairs not related to violence or sex…
minus-squarelugal@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up15arrow-down1·5 hours agoTime flies like an arrow. Fruit flies like a banana.
minus-squarePunnyName@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up8·7 hours agoOnce you verb a noun, you can use it however you like. Rock could turn to violence if you did it to billionaires, but you can rock out, too. Tools are a good source. Shovel billionaires, hammer billionaires, blowtorch billionaires. Wordplay is fun!
minus-squarefunkless_eck@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up7·7 hours agooff the top of my head “park”, “fly”, “table”.
minus-squareCatoblepas@piefed.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down1·7 hours agoI’ll accept fly, but park and table definitely aren’t adjectives
minus-squarePman@lemmy.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 hours agoWhy don’t we table this discussion for a later date.
minus-squareZombie@feddit.uklinkfedilinkarrow-up4·4 hours agoHow else do you differentiate between a gym bench and a park bench?
minus-squareFishFace@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·3 hours agoThose are noun phrases formed of two nouns
minus-squareZiglin (it/they)@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·6 hours agoMaybe you’re just insecure about not being as fly as I am.
minus-squareFishFace@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·3 hours agoNot really adjectival, but forming a noun phrase. It’s not productive because you don’t call just anything you put on the table “table x”.
minus-squareGrabtharsHammer@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·2 hours agohttps://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/table See part 3 of 3.
minus-squarefunkless_eck@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up4·5 hours agomy bad, I was thinking verb/adjectives. I wrote the comment while waiting in line for food.
minus-squareidiomaddict@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·edit-25 hours agoCool, out, whack, rap, pop, rock, punk (I got stuck on a theme), buffalo!
There are few adjectives which are both homophones and homonyms for verbs.
I wonder if there are any such pairs not related to violence or sex…
Time flies like an arrow.
Fruit flies like a banana.
Once you verb a noun, you can use it however you like. Rock could turn to violence if you did it to billionaires, but you can rock out, too. Tools are a good source. Shovel billionaires, hammer billionaires, blowtorch billionaires.
Wordplay is fun!
off the top of my head “park”, “fly”, “table”.
I’ll accept fly, but park and table definitely aren’t adjectives
Why don’t we table this discussion for a later date.
How else do you differentiate between a gym bench and a park bench?
Those are noun phrases formed of two nouns
Maybe you’re just insecure about not being as fly as I am.
Table salt
Not really adjectival, but forming a noun phrase. It’s not productive because you don’t call just anything you put on the table “table x”.
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/table
See part 3 of 3.
my bad, I was thinking verb/adjectives. I wrote the comment while waiting in line for food.
Cool, out,
whack, rap, pop, rock, punk (I got stuck on a theme), buffalo!