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by DA BEN DAN yanggui zi on July 16th, 2009

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When did 'disrespect' become a verb? (to disrespect someone?). I always thought that it was a noun or an adjective. Was I wrong?

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  • by jade310 on August 9th, 2009

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    Ever since the time of Shakespeare, we have been making nouns into verbs, adjectives, and all manner of words. Is "to disrespect" really so odd when we consider the verbs "to glue" or "to mop"? It seems like using glue or using a mop is quite similar to using disrespect when talking to someone.

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